Open AccessTelomerase and hTERT: Can they serve as markers for gastric cancer diagnosis?
Author(s) -
Yongbo Cheng,
Liping Guo,
Ping Yao,
Ning Xia,
Gulimire Aerken,
DianChun Fang
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v20.i21.6615
Subject(s) - telomerase , telomerase reverse transcriptase , immunostaining , cancer , microbiology and biotechnology , cell culture , telomere , immunofluorescence , cancer research , biology , cancer cell , pathology , medicine , immunohistochemistry , antibody , immunology , gene , genetics
To investigate telomerase activity and human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) expression in normal human gastric mucosal epithelial cells (nhGMECs) and fibroblasts (nhGMFs).