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Expression Levels of Some Antioxidant and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Genes in Patients with Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Joint Authors
Internullo, Eveline
Goldoni, Matteo
Carbognani, Paolo
Mutti, Antonio
De Palma, Giuseppe
Rusca, Michele
Mozzoni, Paola
Acampa, Olga
Apostoli, Pietro
Corradi, Massimo
Tiseo, Marcello
Source
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-03-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This study was aimed at: (i) investigating the expression profiles of some antioxidant and epidermal growth factor receptor genes in cancerous and unaffected tissues of patients undergoing lung resection for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (cross-sectional phase), (ii) evaluating if gene expression levels at the time of surgery may be associated to patients' survival (prospective phase).
Antioxidant genes included heme oxygenase 1 (HO-1), superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD-1), and -2 (SOD-2), whereas epidermal growth factor receptor genes consisted of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and v-erb-b2 erythroblastic leukaemia viral oncogene homolog 2 (HER-2).
Twenty-eight couples of lung biopsies were obtained and gene transcripts were quantified by Real Time RT-PCR.
The average follow-up of patients lasted about 60 months.
In the cancerous tissues, antioxidant genes were significantly hypo-expressed than in unaffected tissues.
The HER-2 transcript levels prevailed in adenocarcinomas, whereas EGFR in squamocellular carcinomas.
Patients overexpressing HER-2 in the cancerous tissues showed significantly lower 5-year survival than the others.
American Psychological Association (APA)
De Palma, Giuseppe& Mozzoni, Paola& Acampa, Olga& Internullo, Eveline& Carbognani, Paolo& Rusca, Michele…[et al.]. 2010. Expression Levels of Some Antioxidant and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Genes in Patients with Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Journal of Nucleic Acids،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-449522
Modern Language Association (MLA)
De Palma, Giuseppe…[et al.]. Expression Levels of Some Antioxidant and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Genes in Patients with Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Journal of Nucleic Acids No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-449522
American Medical Association (AMA)
De Palma, Giuseppe& Mozzoni, Paola& Acampa, Olga& Internullo, Eveline& Carbognani, Paolo& Rusca, Michele…[et al.]. Expression Levels of Some Antioxidant and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Genes in Patients with Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Journal of Nucleic Acids. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-449522
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-449522