| Literature DB >> 19268442 |
Hiroya Yamada1, Toru Takano, Yasuhiro Ito, Fumio Matsuzuka, Akihiro Miya, Kaoru Kobayashi, Hiroshi Yoshida, Mikio Watanabe, Yoshinori Iwatani, Akira Miyauchi.
Abstract
Nestin is a maker that identifies stem cells in some adult tissues, and its expression is believed to relate to malignancy in cancer cells. In this study, we measured the expression levels of nestin mRNA in various kinds of thyroid tumor by the real-time quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Unexpectedly, nestin mRNA was detected in almost all differentiated thyroid tumors and normal thyroid tissues, whereas extremely decreased expression was observed in anaplastic carcinomas, which are the most malignant of the thyroid follicular cell-derived tumors. These results suggest that nestin mRNA is a differentiation marker, and its expression does not relate to malignant characteristics in thyroid tumors.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 19268442 DOI： 10.1016/j.canlet.2009.02.006
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Lett ISSN： 0304-3835 Impact factor: 8.679