Clinical significance of CK19 and TACSTD1 expression in tissue and peripheral blood of patients with esophageal cancer detected by real-time quantitative PCR
Zhang Hao,Chen Jiajun,Nie Ronghua,Hong Bo,Liu Rihui,Zhang Yongjun,Zhan Botao.Clinical significance of CK19 and TACSTD1 expression in tissue and peripheral blood of patients with esophageal cancer detected by real-time quantitative PCR[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2010,32(23):2556-2559.
Zhang Hao,Chen Jiajun,Nie Ronghua,Hong Bo,Liu Rihui,Zhang Yongjun,Zhan Botao.Clinical significance of CK19 and TACSTD1 expression in tissue and peripheral blood of patients with esophageal cancer detected by real-time quantitative PCR[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2010,32(23):2556-2559.DOI:
Objective To study the expression of CK19 and TACSTD1 in peripheral blood of patients with esophageal cancer
and explore the possibility to use it as a marker for micro-metastasis of esophageal cancer and its influence on prognosis of esophageal cancer patients. Methods Expression of CK19 and TACSTD1 was detected in 30 tissue samples from esophageal cancer patients and in 30 peripheral blood samples from healthy volunteers by real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (QRT-PCR). Results The expression level of CK19 and/or TACSTD1 was significantly higher in esophageal cancer tissue samples than in its stump tissue samples(P0.01). The TACSTD1 and /or CK19 were highly expressed in peripheral blood samples from 22 patients. The expression level of TACSTD1 and CK19 was closely related with the severity of tumor differentiation(P0.05)
T (P0.05) and N stages(P0.01). Conclusion CK19 and TACSTD1 are highly expressed in esophageal cancer tissue and play an important role in occurrence and development of esophageal cancer. CK19 and TACSTD1 are good markers for micro-metastasis of esophageal cancer.