Objective: To investigate the role of nm23 gene expression in human lung cancer. Methods: Forty human lung cancer tissues and 19 non-cancer pulmonary tissues were studied for their nm23-H1 and nm23-H2 mRNA expression ...Objective: To investigate the role of nm23 gene expression in human lung cancer. Methods: Forty human lung cancer tissues and 19 non-cancer pulmonary tissues were studied for their nm23-H1 and nm23-H2 mRNA expression with non-radioactive Northern blot hybridization. The correlation of nm23 mRNA expression with clinical features of lung cancer was analyzed. Results: The mRNA expression of nm23-H2 gene in poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma was significantly decreased compared to that in moderate-high differentiated squamousd cell carcinoma. The mRNA expression of nm23-H1 and nm23-H2 gene in small cell lung cancer was significantly decreased compared to that in squamous cell carcinoma. No significant difference in nm23 mRNA expression was observed between lung cancer with and without lymph node metastasis, nor was there significant difference between tumor stage. Conclusion: The mRNA expression of nm23 gene is correlated with the degree of differentiation of lung cancer, but there is no evidence of metastasis suppression effect by nm23 gene.展开更多
CT observations and the cellular factors of molecular biology each enable one to recognize macro/micro changes in lung cancer. Growing pattern, characteristic shapes, degree of malignancy, relapse and metastasis of lu...CT observations and the cellular factors of molecular biology each enable one to recognize macro/micro changes in lung cancer. Growing pattern, characteristic shapes, degree of malignancy, relapse and metastasis of lung cancer are mainly determined by their molecular biology. Change of tumour shape, determined by the tumour’s biological behaviour, is the basis of CT observations. That is, the pathological change acts as a bridge which links the CT observation to molecular biology and makes the investigation of internal relationship between CT sign and molecular biology behaviour possible. As a tumour suppressor gene, nm23 gene is located in chromosome 17q21.3, encoding a nucleoside diphosphate kinase.^(1,2) We studied the expression of nm23 in peripheral nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) using the streptavidin peroxidase (SP) immunohistochemical method and investigated retrospectively the relationship between nm23 gene, CT observation, biological behaviour and prognosis of NSCLC.展开更多
文摘Objective: To investigate the role of nm23 gene expression in human lung cancer. Methods: Forty human lung cancer tissues and 19 non-cancer pulmonary tissues were studied for their nm23-H1 and nm23-H2 mRNA expression with non-radioactive Northern blot hybridization. The correlation of nm23 mRNA expression with clinical features of lung cancer was analyzed. Results: The mRNA expression of nm23-H2 gene in poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma was significantly decreased compared to that in moderate-high differentiated squamousd cell carcinoma. The mRNA expression of nm23-H1 and nm23-H2 gene in small cell lung cancer was significantly decreased compared to that in squamous cell carcinoma. No significant difference in nm23 mRNA expression was observed between lung cancer with and without lymph node metastasis, nor was there significant difference between tumor stage. Conclusion: The mRNA expression of nm23 gene is correlated with the degree of differentiation of lung cancer, but there is no evidence of metastasis suppression effect by nm23 gene.
文摘CT observations and the cellular factors of molecular biology each enable one to recognize macro/micro changes in lung cancer. Growing pattern, characteristic shapes, degree of malignancy, relapse and metastasis of lung cancer are mainly determined by their molecular biology. Change of tumour shape, determined by the tumour’s biological behaviour, is the basis of CT observations. That is, the pathological change acts as a bridge which links the CT observation to molecular biology and makes the investigation of internal relationship between CT sign and molecular biology behaviour possible. As a tumour suppressor gene, nm23 gene is located in chromosome 17q21.3, encoding a nucleoside diphosphate kinase.^(1,2) We studied the expression of nm23 in peripheral nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) using the streptavidin peroxidase (SP) immunohistochemical method and investigated retrospectively the relationship between nm23 gene, CT observation, biological behaviour and prognosis of NSCLC.
