2006
Q RT-PCR Detection of Chromogranin A
Kidd M, Modlin IM, Mane SM, Camp RL, Shapiro MD. Q RT-PCR Detection of Chromogranin A. Annals Of Surgery 2006, 243: 273-280. PMID: 16432362, PMCID: PMC1448909, DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000197734.28551.0f.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGI carcinoidsGI adenocarcinomasQ-RT-PCRNormal mucosaLymph node metastasisNormal lymph nodesCgA gene expressionCgA protein levelsProtein expression levelsAppendiceal tumorsNormal LNsLiver metastasesLN metastasisLymph nodesNode metastasisAppendiceal carcinoidsNonmetastatic lesionsEpithelial tumorsCgA levelsTissue microarrayTherapeutic strategiesCarcinoidsNE cellsImmunohistochemical measurementsRT-PCR detection
2005
Microsatellite instability and gene mutations in transforming growth factor‐beta type II receptor are absent in small bowel carcinoid tumors
Kidd M, Eick G, Shapiro MD, Camp RL, Mane SM, Modlin IM. Microsatellite instability and gene mutations in transforming growth factor‐beta type II receptor are absent in small bowel carcinoid tumors. Cancer 2005, 103: 229-236. PMID: 15599934, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20750.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedBase Pair MismatchBase SequenceCarcinoid TumorCase-Control StudiesCohort StudiesDNA Mutational AnalysisFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenomic InstabilityHumansIntestinal NeoplasmsIntestine, SmallMaleMicrosatellite RepeatsMiddle AgedMolecular Sequence DataMutationProbabilityPrognosisProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesReceptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type IIReceptors, Transforming Growth Factor betaReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSensitivity and SpecificityConceptsSmall bowel carcinoidsSmall bowel carcinoid tumorsCarcinoid tumorsGrowth factor beta type II receptorMicrosatellite instabilityMismatch repair genesType II receptorLiver metastasesNormal mucosaII receptorsBAT-26Carcinoid tumor metastasisVariable expressionMicrosatellite stable phenotypeRepair genes