Table 1. Expression of GM-CSF Receptors... | American Society of Hematology

Table 1.

Expression of GM-CSF Receptors in Human Prostatic Tissue

	GMRα		GMRβ
	Positive Cases^*	Intensity^-151	Positive Cases	Intensity
Normal prostate	4/7^-152	±/+	4/7	±/+
Benign hyperplasia	7/7^-152	+/++	7/7	+/++
Prostatic carcinoma Grade (Gleason score)
5	3/3	++	3/3	++
7	3/3	++/+++	3/3	++/+++
8	4/4	++/+++	4/4	++/+++
9	1/1	+++	1/1	+++
Metastases
Bone	4/5	+++	4/5	++/+++
Lymph node	4/4	++/+++	4/4	+++

	GMRα		GMRβ
	Positive Cases^*	Intensity^-151	Positive Cases	Intensity
Normal prostate	4/7^-152	±/+	4/7	±/+
Benign hyperplasia	7/7^-152	+/++	7/7	+/++
Prostatic carcinoma Grade (Gleason score)
5	3/3	++	3/3	++
7	3/3	++/+++	3/3	++/+++
8	4/4	++/+++	4/4	++/+++
9	1/1	+++	1/1	+++
Metastases
Bone	4/5	+++	4/5	++/+++
Lymph node	4/4	++/+++	4/4	+++

*No. of positives cases/total no. of cases studied.

± , very weak; +, weak; ++, moderate; +++, strong.

Epithelial cells.