Analytical Cellular Pathology (Jan 2012)

A Novel Gene RNF138 Expressed in Human Gliomas and Its Function in the Glioma Cell Line U251

  • You-xin Zhou,
  • San-song Chen,
  • Ting-feng Wu,
  • Da-dong Ding,
  • Xiong-hui Chen,
  • Jin-ming Chen,
  • Zuo-peng Su,
  • Bin Li,
  • Gui-lin Chen,
  • Xue-shun Xie,
  • Yan-fang Dai,
  • Yong-xin Wei,
  • Zi-wei Du

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3233/ACP-2011-0051
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 35, no. 3
pp. 167 – 178

Abstract

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Background: The gliomas represent the most common primary malignant brain tumors; however, little is known about the molecular pathogenesis of these tumors. Recent research reveals that the oncogenesis and development of gliomas have a close relation to the overexpression of several oncogenes and the inactivation of tumor suppressor genes. Whether the RING finger protein, RNF138, a newly discovered protein, plays a role in glioma oncogenesis is unknown. The present study investigates the expression levels of RNF138 mRNA in glioma samples and noncancerous brain samples and its function in the human glioma cell line U251.