Expression of telomerase subunits in gastric cancer / 华中科技大学学报(医学)(英德文版)
Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Medical Sciences)
;
(6): 741-3, 2005.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-634335
ABSTRACT
To detect the expression of telomerase subunits (human telomerase reverse transcriptase, human telomerase associated protein 1 and human telomerase RNA) in gastric cancer and to examine the role that different telomerase subunits play in the gastric carcinogenesis, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to detect telomerase subunits messenger RNA in 24 samples of gastric cancer and corresponding non-cancerous tissue. The results showed that the positive rate of hTERT mRNA from gastric cancer and corresponding non-cancerous tissues was 100% and 25%, respectively. The former was significantly higher than the latter (chi2 = 26.4, P 0.05). The positive rates of hTR for gastric cancer and corresponding non-cancerous tissues were both 100% and no significant difference existed between them. It is concluded that in contrast to hTEP1 and hTR, the up-regulation of hTERT mRNA expression may play a more important role in the development of gastric cancer.
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Main subject:
Stomach Neoplasms
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RNA
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RNA, Messenger
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Carrier Proteins
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Telomerase
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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Medical Sciences)
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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