摘要
Objective:Thisstudyaimsto screenthedifferentiallyexpressedgenesof glioblastomausingmicroarraytech-nique.Methods:Specimensof glioblastomaandnormalbraintissuewereobtainedfrompathologicallyconfirmedpatients.A cDNAmicroarraycomprising14000clonescoveringthewholesetsof theretro-transcriptionalproductsof themRNAs of variousgliomasandthoseof normalbraintissueswas established,withwhichthedifferencesin geneexpressionbe-tweenglioblastomaandnormalbraintissueswereinvestigated.Results:Itwas foundthat94genesweremorethan3-fold differentiallyexpressedwith298morethandoubledintheglioblastomaincomparisonwiththenormalbraintissue.Some over-expressedgenesintheglioblastomawerescarcelyexpressedinnormalbraintissues,andseveralnovelgenesthatmay havebiologicalrelevanceintheprocessof gliomagenesiswereidentified.Conclusion:Microarraytechniquecombined withrelevantcDNArepositorycanfacilitaterapidlarge-scaleidentificationof potentialtargetgenesfordiagnosisandther-apy of glioma.
Objective:Thisstudyaimsto screenthedifferentiallyexpressedgenesof glioblastomausingmicroarraytech-nique.Methods:Specimensof glioblastomaandnormalbraintissuewereobtainedfrompathologicallyconfirmedpatients.A cDNAmicroarraycomprising14000clonescoveringthewholesetsof theretro-transcriptionalproductsof themRNAs of variousgliomasandthoseof normalbraintissueswas established,withwhichthedifferencesin geneexpressionbe-tweenglioblastomaandnormalbraintissueswereinvestigated.Results:Itwas foundthat94genesweremorethan3-fold differentiallyexpressedwith298morethandoubledintheglioblastomaincomparisonwiththenormalbraintissue.Some over-expressedgenesintheglioblastomawerescarcelyexpressedinnormalbraintissues,andseveralnovelgenesthatmay havebiologicalrelevanceintheprocessof gliomagenesiswereidentified.Conclusion:Microarraytechniquecombined withrelevantcDNArepositorycanfacilitaterapidlarge-scaleidentificationof potentialtargetgenesfordiagnosisandther-apy of glioma.