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ArticleOncology letters2017

Changes in telomerase activity due to alternative splicing of human telomerase reverse transcriptase in colorectal cancer.

Hei Cheul Jeung, Sun Young Rha, Sang Joon Shin, Joong Bae Ahn, Kyu Hyun Park, Tae Soo Kim, Jin Ju Kim, Jae Kyung Roh, Hyun Cheol Chung

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Article in Oncology letters, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hei Cheul JeungCancer Metastasis Research Center, Division of Medical Oncology, Cancer Center Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 06273, Republic of Korea.
Sun Young RhaCancer Metastasis Research Center, Division of Medical Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.
Sang Joon ShinCancer Metastasis Research Center, Division of Medical Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.
Joong Bae AhnCancer Metastasis Research Center, Division of Medical Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.
Kyu Hyun ParkCancer Metastasis Research Center, Division of Medical Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.
Tae Soo KimCancer Metastasis Research Center, Division of Medical Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.
Jin Ju KimDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Inha University School of Medicine, Incheon 22332, Republic of Korea.
Jae Kyung RohCancer Metastasis Research Center, Division of Medical Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.
Hyun Cheol ChungCancer Metastasis Research Center, Division of Medical Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.
Yonsei University · KRInha University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) expression level may not always correlate with telomerase activity. The present study analyzed hTERT splicing patterns with respect to hTERT and telomerase activity in colorectal cancer. Telomerase activity was determined by telomeric repeat amplification protocol assay, and spliced variants of hTERT were identified by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction in 40 colorectal cancer tissue samples. In the lower range of telomerase activity (0-100 units), the percentage of the β variant decreased with the increment in telomerase activity, whereas in the higher range of telomerase activity (>100 units), total hTERT expression level revealed a trend toward increment. There was a positive correlation between the full-length variant level and β variant level. Conversely, there was a negative correlation between the percentage of the full-length variant and β variant. Tumor-node-metastasis stage was the strongest prognostic factor in multivariate analysis and the percentage of the full-length variant was an independent prognostic factor for survival. Telomerase activity was primarily altered with changes in alternative splicing of the full-length and β variants of hTERT in colorectal cancer.

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alternative splicingcolorectal cancerfull-lengthtelomerase activityβ variant

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PMID28781675
PMCPMC5530180
OpenAlexW2643853862

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