• Department of General Surgery , The 152nd Hospital of PLA, Pingdingshan 467000;
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【Abstract】Objective  To study the difference of telomerase activity in the common thyroid lesions . Methods  The telomerase activity was detected in 19 patients with thyroid carcinomas, 15 samples adjacent to thyroid carcinomas,21 specimens of thyromas, 17 cases of nodular goiters and 13 pieces of normal thyroid tissues by telomeric repeat amplification protocol(TRAP). Results  Eighteen of 19 samples of thyroid carcinoma, 1 of 15 samples adjacent to the cancer and 1 of 21 adenoma of the thyroid specimens showed positive telomerase activity, all 17 cases of nodular goiters and 18 samples of normal thyroid tissues exhibited negative telomerase activity, and the rate of positive telomerase activity of thyroid carcinomas was significantly higher than that of the other tissues (P<0.0001). Conclusion  The telomerase is an important qualitative marker of thyroid carcinoma and a useful index in differential diagnosis of thyroid lesions.

Citation: WU Xinggui,QI Baoqing,SONG Yujun.. DETECTION OF TELOMERASE ACTIVITY IN THYROID LESION AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2001, 8(5): 313-314. doi: Copy