[Relative quantification of cytokeratin 19 transcription in oral squamous cell carcinoma tissues by fluorescent
Lai-ping Zhong1, Ji-an Hu, Shi-fang Zhao
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The Affiliated Stomatologic Hospital, College of Medical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310031, China.
Objective:
To investigate the relative quantification of cytokeratin 19 transcription in oral squamous cell carcinoma tissues by fluorescent quantitive real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction ((RT-PCR).
Methods:
CK19mRNA level was detected by fluorescent quantitive real-time RT-PCR in cancerous and para-cancerous tissues from 31 oral squamous cell carcinoma patients. According to the 2(-DeltaDeltaCt) equation, the relative quantification fold of CK19mRNA level was calculated in cancerous tissues compared with para-cancerous tissues.
Results:
CK19mRNA levels in cancerous tissues were 2.21 folds higher than those in para-cancerous tissues, and the amplicon was specific. CK19mRNA level in cancerous tissue correlated significantly with pathological differentiation degree, the poorer the differentiation was, the higher the CK19mRNA level became.
Conclusions:
Fluorescent quantitive real-time RT-PCR is accurate and reliable in the detection of relative quantification of CK19 transcription in oral squamous cell carcinoma tissues.
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