Transmembrane Protein 166 Expression in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Xinjiang, China
Transmembrane Protein 166 Expression in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Xinjiang, China
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DOI:
10.7314/apjcp.2012.13.8.3713
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发表时间:
2012-01-01
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通讯作者:
Ding, Jian-Bing
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作者:
Sun, Wei;Ma, Xiu-Min;Ding, Jian-Bing
Objective: Transmembrane protein 166 (TMEM166) expression in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and remote normal esophageal tissues was examined to assess any role in tumour biology. Methods: TMEM166 mRNA expression in 36 cases with ESCC (36 tumour samples, 36 remote normal esophageal tissue samples) was detected by RT-PCR. TMEM166 protein expression was analysed in paraffin-embedded tissue samples from the same cases by immunohistochemistry. Results: Semi-quantitative analysis showed TMEM166 mRNA expression in ESCCs to be significantly lower than in remote normal esophageal tissues (0.759 +/- 0.713 vs. 2.622 +/- 1.690, P=0.014). TMEM166 protein expression was also significantly reduced (69.4% vs. 94.4%, P