Quantitative expression of TMPRSS2 transcript in prostate tumor cells reflects TMPRSS2-ERG fusion status

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-51

  Mwamukonda, K ^a   Chen, Y ^b   Ravindranath, L ^b   Furusato, B ^b,c   Hu, Y ^b   Sterbis, J ^a   Osborn, D ^a   Rosner, I ^a   Sesterhenn, I A ^c   McLeod, D G ^a,b   Srivastava, S ^b   Petrovics, G ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Quantitative expression; TMPRSS2; TMPRSS2 ERG fusion

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; GENE PRODUCT; KALLIKREIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROTEIN PMEPA1; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ERG; TYPE II TRANSMEMBRANE SERINE PROTEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER GROWTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSION GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MALE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PROSTATE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RNA, MESSENGER; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 76949103860     PISSN: 13657852     EISSN: 14765608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pcan.2009.28     Document Type: Article

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