• Department of Cancer Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Xi′an University of Medical Sciences, Xi′an 710004;
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Objective  To study the relation between retinoblastoma (Rb) gene expression and biological characteristics of gallbladder carcinoma.
Methods  The expression of Rb protein in tissues of 41 cases of gallbladder carcinoma, 7 cases of gallbladder papilloma, and 14 cases of cholecystitis were detected by immunohistochemical staining of SP with polyclonal antibody.
Results  The rate of positive staining was 58.7% in gallbladder carcinoma which was significantly lower than that in cholecystitis and gallbladder papilloma (100%). There was a significant difference of Rb protein expression among the low, moderate and high differentiations and so was between S5, S4, S1, S2 and S3 stage (P<0.05).
Conclusion  It sugests that expression or non-expression of Rb gene is closely related to the malignant potential invasiveness and prognosis of gallbladder carcinoma.

Citation: MA Hongbing,WANG Zhuoren,SHI Jingsen,et al.. THE RELATION BETWEEN RETINOBLASTOMA GENE EXPRESSION AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2000, 7(2): 87-88. doi: Copy