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High-level expression of the CD44 variant sharing exon v10 in renal cancer.
Japanese journal of cancer research : Gann - 1 Sept 1995
Kan M, Aki M, Akiyama K, Naruo S, Kanayama H, Kagawa S
Abstract excerpt
To examine whether renal cell carcinoma displays altered CD44 expression we performed reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis of CD44 in 38 specimens from renal cancer, normal kidney and metastases of 19 patients and 6 renal cancer cell lines. To detect the CD44 variants, we utilized the RT-PCR Southern blot method. One out of 19 (5.3%) renal cancer specimens expressed a larger molecular...
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