title: Expression analysis of genes identified by molecular profiling of VGP melanomas and MGP melanoma-positive lymph nodes.
abstract: Microarray profiling is a powerful approach to establish gene expression patterns for different histopathological stages of a malignancy, and at the same time, to identify individual genes that may have important functions in the early and/or advanced stages of a neoplasm. To identify genes that hitherto have not been shown to be expressed or play a role in advanced-stage melanomas, we conducted microarray analyses with RNAs from primary melanoma and melanoma-positive lymph node specimens. Using RT-PCR, quantitative, real-time RT-PCR, and fluorochrome oligonucleotide-based optical imaging, we established the level and pattern of expression of five of the identified known genes [Suppression of Tumorigenicity 13 (ST13), Cystatin 8 (CST-8), Dyskeratosis Congentia 1 (DKC1), Neuroendocrine Secretory Protein 55 (NESP55), Niemann-Pick Disease, type C2 (NP-C2)], and a gene with unknown function (16.7 kD Hypothetical Protein) in benign and atypical nevocytic lesions, advanced-stage melanomas, and melanoma-positive lymph nodes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: Shannon L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: Howard D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Edington
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kirkwood
authors.forename: Dorothea
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D004798:Enzymes / Q000235:genetics; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000379:methods*; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000235:genetics*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm