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| Meola,Juliana; Goulart,Luiz R.; Oliveira,Jaqueline D.D.; Neves,Adriana F.; Oliveira Jr.,Waldesse P.; Saraiva,Ana C.M.; Capaneli,Andréia C.; Cardoso,Alexandra M.; Prado,Lindolfo D.; Borba,Sebastião A.; Silva,Heyder D.. |
| We used the multiplex semi-quantitative reverse-transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR) to investigate kallikrein 2 and 3 (KLK2 and KLK3) mRNA levels in prostate tissue from 42 prostate cancer patients, 33 of whom were also assessed for peripheral blood KLK2 expression by qualitative semi-nested RT-PCR. We found that KLK2 was an important tissue biomarker for distinguishing between prostate cancer patients and those with benign prostatic hyperplasia, particularly when KLK2 expression was > 60% of that of the beta2-microglobulin constitutive gene. Patients with an average relative expression value > 0.6 (cutoff value) had an eleven-fold higher chance of having prostate cancer. When one or two tissues samples were evaluated for KLK2 expression using the cutoff... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Kallikrein II; Molecular markers; Prostate cancer; PSA; Semi-quantitative RT-PCR. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572006000200001 |
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