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[Study on relationship of fucosyltransferase gene types in breast cancer with metastasis and prognosis].
Zhonghua wai ke za zhi [Chinese journal of surgery] - 7 May 2004
Ding Ke-feng, Zheng Shu
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To assess the association of five types of fucosyltransferase gene (Fuc-T), the important biosynthesis gene of sialylated carbohydrate antigens (Sialyl Lewis A, Sialyl Lewis X), with metastasis and prognosis of breast cancer. METHODS: The real-time quantitative PCR of five-type Fuc-T III, IV, V, VI, VII genes was performed in 80 patients with breast cancer. RESULTS: The result showed that Fuc-TVII gene...
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