Expression of Cancer Testis Genes in Human Brain Tumors

Fig. 1.

RT-PCR for the expression of the CT genes SCP-1, SSX-2, and SSX-4 in human brain tumors. An equal amount of testis RNA was used as a representative positive control. Top, expression of SCP-1 by (from left to right with case numbers as indicated in Tables 3<$REFLINK> and 2<$REFLINK> ) astrocytoma II (case 12 of Table 3<$REFLINK> ), astrocytoma IV (case 20, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), oligodendroglioma (case 3, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), oligoastrocytoma (case 10, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), oligoastrocytoma (case 11, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), astrocytoma IV (case 34, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), meningioma (case 1, Table 2<$REFLINK> ), astrocytoma IV (case 26, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), astrocytoma IV (case 18, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), astrocytoma IV (case 31, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), and testis (T) markers. Middle, expression of SSX-2 by testis (T) markers, oligoastrocytoma (case 10, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), oligodendroglioma (case 5, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), astrocytoma IV (case 20, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), oligodendroglioma (case 3, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), astrocytoma II (case 12, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), astrocytoma IV (case 33, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), oligoastrocytoma (case 8, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), oligodendroglioma (case 6, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), astrocytoma IV (case 19, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), meningioma (case 1, Table 1<$REFLINK> ), oligoastrocytoma (case 11, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), anaplastic meningioma (case 6, Table 1<$REFLINK> ), and oligoastrocytoma (case 11, Table 3<$REFLINK> ). Bottom, expression of SSX-4 by testis (T) markers, astrocytoma IV (case 29, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), astrocytoma II (case 16, Table 2<$REFLINK> ), oligodendroglioma (case 7, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), oligodendroglioma (case 5, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), astrocytoma IV (case 18, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), oligodendroglioma (case 3, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), astrocytoma IV (case 33, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), oligoastrocytoma (case 8, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), astrocytoma II (case 15, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), astrocytoma II (case 13, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), astrocytoma IV (case 22, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), meningioma (case 1, Table 2<$REFLINK> ), oligoastrocytoma (case 11, Table 3<$REFLINK> ), and anaplastic meningioma (case 6, Table 2<$REFLINK> ).