SEC23A and neoplasm: Indeed, the sec23a protein was expressed at higher levels in cancer tissues compared to the adjacent normal tissues both in Western blot (Figure 1F: gray values were for tumor 0.64 ± 0.08 and for normal 0.12 ± 0.02, p < 0.001) and immunohistochemistry (Figure 1G: the percentage of positive and high positive stained area combined was for tumor 66.4 ± 18.2 and for normal 37.8 ± 12.6, p < 0.001).