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Objective To investigate the correlation between expression of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) mRNA in peripheral blood and postoperative recurrence and prognosis in the patients with advanced colorectal cancer (CRC).Methods The preoperative and 1 month postoperative quantitative expression of hTERT mRNA in peripheral blood in 85 patients with advanced CRC were detected with real-time fluorescence quantitative real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RTPCR).The quantitative expression of hTERT mRNA in peripheral blood in 30 normal controls were also detected.The postoperative prognosis was followed-up,and the quantitative expression of hTERT mRNA in peripheral blood in the patients with recurred CRC and the patients without recurred CRC were detected repeatedly.The factors that affected the preoperative hTERT mRNA expression were analyzed.The relationship was investigated between the hTERT mRNA expression levels and postoperative recurrence and prognosis in the patients with advanced CRC.Results The hTERT mRNA expression levels in peripheral blood in advanced CRC group were significantly higher than those in the normal controls [(6.22 ±5.85)2-△△Ct vs (0.45 ±0.27)2-△△Ct,(P ＜0.01)],and were significantly decreased at the time point of 1 month after the operation (P ＜ 0.01).The hTERT mRNA expression levels in the postoperative recurred CRC group were significantly higher than those in the 1 month postoperation group and no recurrence CRC group [(5.07 ± 2.87)2-△△Ct vs (1.83 ± 1.08)2-△△Ct,(2.15 ± 1.49)2-△△Ct,(P ＜0.01)].Univariate analysis revealed that preoperative high hTERT mRNA expression levels in peripheral blood were related to the differentiated degree of tumor,tumor size,lymph node metastasis ratio,and liver metastasis (P ＜ 0.05 or P ＜ 0.01).Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that differentiated degree of the tumor,lymph node metastasis,and liver metastasis were independent risk factors for the elevation of preoperative hTERT mRNA expression in the advanced CRC.Elevated preoperative hTERT mRNA expression was positively related to the postoperative recurrence rate,and was negatively related to postoperative survival rate.Conclusions Preoperative hTERT mRNA expression levels in peripheral blood were related to the important pathologic features in patients with advanced CRC,and might be a valuable prognostic factor.Postoperatively elevated hTERT mRNA expression in peripheral blood was related to recurrence of advanced CRC.
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Objective To detect the correlation of serum p53 antibody and p53 protein expression of cancer tissue in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC), and to evaluate if the serum p53 antibody might reflect the mutation of p53 gene in CRC. Methods One hundred and thirty-two patients with CRC and 36 patients with non-tumor disease were included in this prospective study. The presence of serum p53 antibody was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Immunohistochemical analysis of tumors was performed to detect the accumulation of p53 protein. Results The positive rate of p53 antibody was 40.2% in patients with colorectal cancer and 2.9% in non-tumor patients,( P
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Objective To observe the level of serum transforming growth factor ?(TGF ?) in patients with colorectal cancer and study its clinical significance. Methods Serum TGF ? was measured with radioimmunoassay in 54 patients with colorectal cancer and 25 healthy subjects,compared with 42 patients with colorectal cancer before and after the operation. Results The levels of serum TGF ? were significantly higher in patients with colorectal cancer than those in healthy controls(P
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Objective To investigate the expression of focal adhesion kinase in peripheral blood of colorectal cancer and its clinical significance.Methods Focal adhesion kinase in peripheral blood was determined with flow cytometry in 40 cases of colorectal cancer and 20 cases of control group.Results The positive rate of focal adhesion kinase in colorectal cancer group was 60.0% and in control group was 25.0%,respectively(P