title: [Expression of pituitary tumor-transforming gene in patients with multiple myeloma].
abstract: To explore the expression of pituitary tumor-transforming gene (PTTG) in elderly patients with multiple myeloma (MM) and its relationship with MM, the expressions of PTTG mRNA were detected in bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMNC) from 33 patients with MM and 10 normal controls by using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The results showed that the expression of PTTG mRNA in MM patients (0.3415 +/- 0.2172) was significantly higher than that in normal controls (0.0590 +/- 0.0233) (P < 0.05). It is concluded that the overexpression of oncogene PTTG may be related to genesis and progression of MM. It provided a new ideas to study the pathogenesis and gene therapy for MM patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361012, China.
authors.forename: Zhao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Quan-Yi
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ya-Qin
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Cong
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D064249:Securin
chemical_list: D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D064249:Securin; C578002:pituitary tumor-transforming protein 1, human