title: Detection of Epstein-Barr virus infection in gastric carcinomas using quantum dot-based fluorescence in-situ hybridization.
abstract: Quantum dots were proposed as new fluorochromes for use in fluorescence in-situ hybridization. EBV-encoded small RNA, the most abundant viral product in latently infected cells, was detected by quantum dot fluorescence in-situ hybridization in paraffin-embedded tissue sections of gastric carcinoma. An indirect FISH approach using quantum dots streptavidin conjugates as secondary reporters and digoxigenin labeled EBV-encoded small RNA oligonucleotide probes as detectable molecules was employed. Quantum dot fluorescence in-situ hybridization offered a slightly higher sensitivity in detecting EBV-encoded small RNA in gastric carcinoma than chromogenic in-situ hybridization. Statistical analyses showed that the detected EBV-associated gastric carcinoma was not associated with any clinicopathological parameters of the Chinese gastric carcinoma patients investigated in this study.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Research Center for Nanobiology and Nanomedicine, MOE 985 Innovative Platform, and State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Hong-Lei
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiao-Bo
authors.initials: XB
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Gui-Fang
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zhi-Ling
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zhi-Quan
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Dai-Wen
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Pang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D020031:Epstein-Barr Virus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D045663:Quantum Dots; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000821:virology*; D046888:Tissue Array Analysis
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D012367:RNA, Viral