Overexpression of the Wilms' tumor gene WT1 in primary astrocytic tumors

• Published in: Cancer science Vol. 95; no. 10; pp. 822 - 827
• Main Authors: Oji, Yusuke, Suzuki, Tsuyoshi, Nakano, Yoko, Maruno, Motohiko, Nakatsuka, Shin‐ichi, Jomgeow, Tanyarat, Abeno, Sakie, Tatsumi, Naoya, Yokota, Asumi, Aoyagi, Sayaka, Nakazawa, Tsutomu, Ito, Ken, Kanato, Keisuke, Shirakata, Toshiaki, Nishida, Sumiyuki, Hosen, Naoki, Kawakami, Manabu, Tsuboi, Akihiro, Oka, Yoshihiro, Aozasa, Katsuyuki, Yoshimine, Toshiki, Sugiyama, Haruo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2004; Blackwell; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Antisense RNA; Biological and medical sciences; Glial cells; Glioblastoma; Immunohistochemistry; Medical sciences; Polymerase chain reaction; Proteins; RNA-directed DNA polymerase; Tumorigenesis; Tumors; Wilms' tumor; WT1 protein; Gene overexpression; Tumor; Cancerology; Wilms tumor suppressor gene 1; Primary

Expression of the Wilms' tumor gene WT1 in primary astrocytic tumors was examined using a quantitative real‐time reverse transcriptase‐polymerase chain reaction (RT‐PCR) or immunohistochemistry. Real‐time RT‐PCR showed that WT1 mRNA was expressed at various levels in all of the 25 astrocytic tu...