Significance of PSCA as a novel prognostic marker and therapeutic target for cancer

Table 1 mRNA and protein expression pattern of PSCA in various normal tissues

Tumor type	Cell type	Gene/protein	Reference
Prostate	Basal cells	mRNA	[1]
Prostate	Secretory cells	mRNA	[1]
Kidney	Kidney	mRNA	[45]
Kidney	Tubules	Protein	[45]
Bladder	Superficial umbrella cell	mRNA	[92]
Bladder	Superficial layer of transitional epithelium	Protein	[92]
Gastric	Mucosa and isthmus of gastric glands	mRNA	[13] [45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63]
Gastric	Neuroendocrine cells	Protein
Colon	Neuroendocrine cells	Protein	[111]
Pancreas	Islets of the pancreas (α,β,δ and pp cells)	Protein	[95]
Brain	Neural and plexus and cortex	Protein	[80,81,82,83,84]
gallbladder	Epithelium of gallbladder	Protein	[96]
Oral squamous cells	Keratin epithelial cells	mRNA	[90]
Esophagus	Epithelial cells of the esophagus	Protein	[95]

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