Article
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...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Northern
- Carcinoma, Renal Cell
- Exons
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Hyaluronan Receptors
- Kidney Neoplasms
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Tumor Cells, Cultured