Clinical implications of quantitative real-time RT–PCR analysis of hTERT gene expression in human gliomas

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The presence of telomerase activity in a glioma may be a predictor of its malignant potential. Activation of telomerase is regulated at the transcriptional level of the human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT). Here, we evaluated whether the amount of hTERT mRNA provides a molecular marker of glioma malignancy that would have clinical utility. We used a real-time RT-PCR to assess the number of hTERT...

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