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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-3-5
pubmed:abstractText
Cten is a recently isolated gene which has homology with tensin, suggesting that it is a focal adhesion molecule. Tensin family proteins play an important role in cell motility. We attempted to determine the influence of cten expression on clinicopathological features in patients with thymoma who had undergone surgery. Expression of cten messenger RNA was evaluated by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction in 45 thymoma samples using a LightCycler. There was no relationship between cten/glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) mRNA expression and age, gender or pathological subtypes. However, cten/GAPDH expression was significantly higher in stage IV thymoma (5.463 +/- 7.730) when compared to stage I thymoma (0.905 +/- 0.811; p = 0.0187). Cten/GAPDH mRNA expression was correlated with evidence of tumor progression in thymoma. Consequently, cell motility or migration might play a role in progression of thymoma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1010-4283
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2003 S. Karger AG, Basel
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
271-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15001839-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15001839-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15001839-Cell Adhesion Molecules, pubmed-meshheading:15001839-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:15001839-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:15001839-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15001839-Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15001839-Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating, pubmed-meshheading:15001839-Microfilament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15001839-Myasthenia Gravis, pubmed-meshheading:15001839-Neoplasm Staging, pubmed-meshheading:15001839-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:15001839-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15001839-Thymoma, pubmed-meshheading:15001839-Thymus Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:15001839-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:articleTitle
Cten mRNA expression is correlated with tumor progression in thymoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery II, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan. hisasaki@med.Nagoya-cu.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article