PDGFRA mRNA is overexpressed in oral cancer patients as compared to normal subjects with a significant trend of overexpression among tobacco users - Ong, Hui Shan; Gokavarapu, Sandhya; Tian, Zhen; Li, Jiang; Xu, Qin; Cao, Wei; Zhang, Chen Ping (Journal of oral pathology & medicine, 2017)
Keywords: Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - metabolism; Case-Control Studies; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Mouth Mucosa - chemistry; Mouth Neoplasms - metabolism; mRNA; normal mucosal; oral cancer; PDGFRA; Platelet-Derived Growth Factor - analysis; Platelet-Derived Growth Factor - metabolism; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA, Messenger - metabolism; Smoking - adverse effects; Smoking - metabolism; squamous cell carcinoma; tobacco; Tongue Neoplasms - metabolism; PDGFRA; mRNA; tobacco; oral cancer; normal mucosal; squamous cell carcinoma