Telomerase expression in various lesions of adrenal cortex / 中国医学科学院学报
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
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(6): 188-189, 2002.
Article
in Chinese
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the expression of telomerase in various lesions of adrenal cortex.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>By autoradiography-based telomeric repeat amplification protocol, telomerase expression was detected in 36 samples of adrenocortical lesions, including 29 cases adrenocortical adenoma (8 Cushing's syndrome, 17 aldosteronism and 4 nonfunctional adenomas), 5 cases of hyperplasia of adrenal cortex (presented with Chushing' syndrome), 2 cases adrenocortical carcinoma, and 4 samples of normal adrenal cortex.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Of the 40 samples, 2 cases of adrenocortical carcinomas had telomerase expression, and the others had no telomerase expression detected.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>No significant telomerase expression was found among different endocrine functional benign adrenocortical lesions. Telomerase expression may be used as an important marker of malignant adrenocortical tumor.</p>
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Main subject:
Biomarkers, Tumor
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Adrenal Cortex
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Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms
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Adrenocortical Adenoma
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Telomerase
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Cushing Syndrome
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Genetics
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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