title: [Expression of human telomerase reverse transcriptase in renal cell carcinoma and its clinical significance].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the expression of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and its clinical significance.
  
  
  METHODS
  The expression levels of hTERT mRNA and protein were detected using RT-RCR and Western blotting in 45 RCC tissues, 45 adjacent tissues and 786-0 cell line, and the associations of hTERT expression with the tumor size, clinical stage, pathological type and grade were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  hTERT mRNA and protein was expressed at significantly higher levels in RCC tissues than in the adjacent tissues (P=0.000), and no correlation of hTERT expression was found with the tumor size, clinical stage, pathological type or grade.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  hTERT might serve as a diagnostic and prognostic marker for RCC, and also shed light on the new clues for gene therapy of RCC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China. doctorwupeng@gmail.com
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Shao-bin
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zuo
authors.forename: Wan-long
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Yao-dong
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019098:Telomerase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C509186:TERT protein, human; D019098:Telomerase