Table 2 Expression Level of α4GnT mRNA in the Mononuclear Cell Fraction of Peripheral Blood from Patients with Gastric Cancer during Postsurgical Follow-up

From: Usefulness of the Real-Time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay Targeted to α1,4-N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferase for the Detection of Gastric Cancer

Patient

Stage

Days post- surgery

α4GnT:GAPDH ratioa

Outcome

21

II

−1

21.65

 
  

1

0

 
  

7

0

 
  

10

0

 
  

21

0

 
  

464

0.9925

No recurrence

30

III

−4

44.25

 
  

7

0

 
  

14

0

 
  

24

0

 
  

49

0

 
  

104

0

 
  

372

2.636

 
  

428

 

Died

31

III

−1

16.215

 
  

14

0

 
  

25

0

 
  

362

7.883

 
  

485

8.365

 
  

508

 

Died

  1. aα4GnT:GAPDH mRNA ratios multiplied by 1.0 × 107 are indicated.