TY - T1 - Tumor expression of human chorionic gonadotropin beta mRNA and prognosis of prostate cancer treated by radical prostatectomy SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/311848 T3 - A1 - Lintula, Susanna; Mirtti, Tuomas; Rannikko, Antti; Bützow, Anna; Lempiäinen, Anna; Stenman, Jakob; Stenman, Ulf-Hakan; Hotakainen, Kristina A2 - PB - Y1 - 2019 LA - eng AB - The beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG beta) is encoded by six genes (CGB) classified as type I and type II. CGB mRNA is produced in large amounts by trophoblastic tissues and in small amounts by several cancerous tissues including prostate cancer and by a few benign tissues, including the prostate. Quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) was used to study the expression levels of all CGB mRNAs together (total CGB mRNA) and the two types of CGB mRNA ... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Human; chorionic gonadotropin beta; expression; prostate; cancer; CELL CARCINOMA; HCG-BETA; SUBUNIT GENES; URINARY CELLS; BLADDER; TRANSCRIPTION; SERUM; MARKER; TISSUE; 3111 Biomedicine N1 - PP - ER -