Abstract:
Objective: To evaluate combined detection of CK19and CCND 1 genes in the diagnosis of breast cancer. Methods:FQ-PCR was used to detect CK19and CCND 1 mRNA expression in clinical samples from 81patients with breast cancer, 30patients with benign breast disease and 15heal thy women. β 2-microglobin was used as an internal control.Results: The expression levels of CK19and CCND 1 were relatively higher in patients with breast disease than in healthy wom-en or patients with benign disease ( P<0.05). CK19mRNA levels in healthy women and patients with benign and breast dis-ease were (1.42± 0.12, 1.46± 0.11, 3.29± 2.12) ×10-3
, respectively, CCND 1 mRNA levels were ( 1.44± 0.11, 1.46± 0.10, 3.76±0.39) ×10-3, respectively. No significant difference was found in CK 19and CCND 1/β 2-microglobin between normal controls and the benign breast disease group (P>0.05). No di fference was found in β 2-microglobin among the 3 groups ( P>0.05). Of the 81breast cancer patients,44(54.3%) were positive for CK19and 41(40.7%) were positive for CCND1. None of the patients with benign breast disease were positive for CK 19and CCND 1. The number of patients with positive results in combined detection of CK 19and CCND 1 was 49(60.5%). The sensitivity of combined detection of CK19and CCND 1 gene expression was higher than that of single gene detection. Conclusion : FQ-PCR is a rapid, sensitive and specific method for measuring CK19and CCND 1 levels. This combined detection can improve sensitivity of diagnosis in breast cancer.