LIMA1 and neoplasm: Interestingly, EPLIN expression appeared to have a negative correlation with the depth of tumour infiltration into the stomach wall and it was noted that the combined T1 + T2 group, combined to give a broader overview and to combat low sample numbers in individual groups, had significantly higher levels of EPLIN transcript compared to the more invasive combined T3+T4 group (p = 0.0421) (Figure 1B), though no-significant differences were observed between the individual groups (Table 1).