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J Negat Results Biomed
; 15(1): 14, 2016 Jul 25.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27452910
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: We aimed to ascertain if Gastrokine 1 mRNA in the sera of patients with gastric cancer might be an informative biomarker for the disease. RESULTS: Analysis of GKN1 mRNA in serum samples from healthy individuals (n = 23) and from patients with diagnosis of gastric cancer (n = 16), performed by using absolute quantification based on standard curve method, did not show any significative statistical difference between the two unpaired group of individuals. CONCLUSIONS: Our preliminary results did not confirm GKN1 as a potential biomarker for gastric cancer.