title: CASK and its target gene Reelin were co-upregulated in human esophageal carcinoma.
abstract: Calcium/calmodulin-dependent serine protein kinase (CASK) showed overexpression in human esophageal carcinoma by suppression subtractive hybridization. The upregulation of CASK gene and its target gene Reelin in human esophageal carcinoma tissues versus corresponding normal tissues was revealed by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), immunohistochemistry or Western blot. Moreover, RT-PCR results indicated that the expression patterns of CASK and Reelin in human gastric carcinoma and colon carcinoma were different with those in esophageal carcinoma. Therefore, it suggested that CASK and Reelin were associated with tumorigenesis of esophagus and they were co-upregulated in human esophageal carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: National Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, PR China.
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jiayun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Cuihong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xiuqin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Gengxi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Yuntian
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Xun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Zhihua
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D015153:Blotting, Western; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D051528:Guanylate Kinases; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009703:Nucleoside-Phosphate Kinase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D000091042:Reelin Protein; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D015816:Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000091042:Reelin Protein; C106868:CASK kinases; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D009703:Nucleoside-Phosphate Kinase; D051528:Guanylate Kinases; C000717127:RELN protein, human; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases