• 1.Division of Digestive Surgery and Organ-Microcirculation;;
  • 2.Ocular Surgery Laboratory;;
  • 3. Department of Pathology;;
  • West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, ChinaCorresponding Author: ZHOU Zong-guang, E-mail: Zhou767@163.com;
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Objective   To investigate the difference of minichromosome maintenance protein 2 (MCM2) mRNA expression among colonic normal mucosa, colonic adenoma and carcinoma.
Methods  The expressions of MCM2 mRNA were determined by real-time RT-PCR in 12 colonic normal mucosa, 33 colonic adenomas and 12 colonic carcinomas. Data were evaluated by relative expression software tool (REST-XL).
Results  The expressions of MCM2 mRNA elevated in turn by colonic normal mucosa, adenoma and carcinoma. The expression of MCM2 mRNA in colonic carcinomas was significantly higher than that in adenomas, as well as in normal mucosa (P=0.001), while the difference of MCM2 mRNA expressions between adenoma and normal mucosa was insignificant (P=0.184).
Conclusion  The difference of MCM2 mRNA expressions between adenoma and carcinoma indicated the potential value on early diagnosis for colonic carcinoma.

Citation: WANG Yong,ZHOU Zongguang,XIA Qingjie,ZHANG Wenyan,LI Hongguang,WANG Rong. Quantitation of Minichromosome Maintenance 2 mRNA Expression in Carcinoma, Adenoma and Normal Mucosa of Colon with Real-Time RT-PCR Assay. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2008, 15(8): 603-606. doi: Copy