Detection of disseminated lung cancer cells in regional lymph nodes by assay of CK19 reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and its clinical significance

[1] Pelkey TJ(1996)Molecular and immunological detection of circulating tumor cells and micrometastases from solid tumor Clin Chem 42 1369-1381

[2] Frierson HF(1995)Prostate-specific antigen messenger RNA is expressed in non-prostate cells: implication for detection of micrometastases Cancer Res 55 2640-2644

[3] Bruns DE(1985)Molecular structure of the human cytoplasmic β-action gene: interspecies homology of sequences in the introns Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 82 6133-6137

[4] Smith MR(1988)Low level expression of cytokeratin 8, 18 and 19 in vascular smooth muscle cells of human umbilical cord and in cultured cell derived therefrom, with an analysis of the chromosomal locus containing the cytokeratin 19 gene Eur J Cell Bio 47 300-319

[5] Biggar S(1989)Single-step method of RNA isolation by acid guanidinium thoicyanate-phenol-chloroform extraction Anal Biochem 162 156-159

[6] Hussain M(1998)Interference of human processed pseudogene and corresponding countermeasures in reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction Chin J Med Genet 15 170-172

[7] Nakajima-Iijima S(1993)Keratin gene expression in no-epithelial tissue Am J Pathol 142 1111-1118

[8] Hamada H(2005)Association of CK19 mRNA detection of occult cancer cells in mediastinal lymph nodes in non-small cell lung carcinoma and high risk of early recurrence. Eur J Cancer 41 306-312

[9] Reddy P(1996)Keratin 19 gene mRNA measurement to detect micrometastases in lymph nodes in breast cancer patients Br J Cancer 74 1639-1642

[10] Kakunaga T(2001)Nodal occult metastasis in patients with peripheral lung adenocarcinoma of 2.0 cm or less in diameter Ann Thorac Surg 71 1772-1778

[1] Pelkey TJ(1996)Molecular and immunological detection of circulating tumor cells and micrometastases from solid tumor Clin Chem 42 1369-1381

[2] Frierson HF(1995)Prostate-specific antigen messenger RNA is expressed in non-prostate cells: implication for detection of micrometastases Cancer Res 55 2640-2644

[3] Bruns DE(1985)Molecular structure of the human cytoplasmic β-action gene: interspecies homology of sequences in the introns Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 82 6133-6137

[4] Smith MR(1988)Low level expression of cytokeratin 8, 18 and 19 in vascular smooth muscle cells of human umbilical cord and in cultured cell derived therefrom, with an analysis of the chromosomal locus containing the cytokeratin 19 gene Eur J Cell Bio 47 300-319

[5] Biggar S(1989)Single-step method of RNA isolation by acid guanidinium thoicyanate-phenol-chloroform extraction Anal Biochem 162 156-159

[6] Hussain M(1998)Interference of human processed pseudogene and corresponding countermeasures in reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction Chin J Med Genet 15 170-172

[7] Nakajima-Iijima S(1993)Keratin gene expression in no-epithelial tissue Am J Pathol 142 1111-1118

[8] Hamada H(2005)Association of CK19 mRNA detection of occult cancer cells in mediastinal lymph nodes in non-small cell lung carcinoma and high risk of early recurrence. Eur J Cancer 41 306-312

[9] Reddy P(1996)Keratin 19 gene mRNA measurement to detect micrometastases in lymph nodes in breast cancer patients Br J Cancer 74 1639-1642

[10] Kakunaga T(2001)Nodal occult metastasis in patients with peripheral lung adenocarcinoma of 2.0 cm or less in diameter Ann Thorac Surg 71 1772-1778