Table 2 mRNA expression of Fas, Mki67, Mct8, Lat4, Met, and Lgals3 in the thyroid of cervically X-irradiated rats.

From: Single neonatal irradiation induces long-term gene expression changes in the thyroid gland, which may be involved in the tumorigenesis

Group

Apoptosis/proliferation

Differentiation markers

PTC markers

Fas

Mki67(Ki-67)

Mct8

Lat4

Met

Lgals3

Experiment 1

Control

35 ± 4.0

62 ± 14.4

18 ± 2.1

14 ± 2.0

11 ± 0.9

40 ± 12.1

1w1.5 Gy

38 ± 1.8

48 ± 2.9

22 ± 1.7

11 ± 1.9

11 ± 0.7

27 ± 1.9

1w3Gy

60 ± 9.0

85 ± 14

17 ± 1.3

7.9 ± 1.3*

10 ± 0.6

56 ± 10.3

1w6Gy

52 ± 4.5*

60 ± 5.0

18 ± 2.1

7.8 ± 1.2*

11 ± 0.9

42 ± 5.4

1w12Gy

121 ± 9.8**

99 ± 17

12 ± 0.8*

3.9 ± 0.5**

11 ± 0.8

79 ± 13.3*

Experiment 2

Control

28 ± 1.0

31 ± 2.1

17 ± 1.0

19 ± 3.6

10 ± 1.0

26 ± 2.3

1w12Gy

51 ± 2.0**

28 ± 1.9

13 ± 0.7*

6.1 ± 0.9*

8.5 ± 0.5

33 ± 3.1

2w12Gy

36 ± 4.7

27 ± 4.5

17 ± 1.5

10 ± 1.5

8.6 ± 0.4

24 ± 1.8

4w12Gy

63 ± 12

35 ± 3.1

11 ± 1.6*

9.3 ± 2.4

9.1 ± 0.8

42 ± 6.7

8w12Gy

29 ± 2.6

33 ± 3.4

18 ± 1.5

21 ± 3.6

8.7 ± 0.4

44 ± 6.6*

Experiment 3

Control

4.6 ± 0.9

15 ± 1.3

29 ± 5.1

40 ± 6.9

5.8 ± 0.5

23 ± 2.8

1w12Gy

14 ± 1.2**

18 ± 0.3

38 ± 7.4

23 ± 3.5*

7.9 ± 0.7

52 ± 11.0

IDD

21 ± 2.5**

29 ± 2.7**

18 ± 2.6**

10 ± 1.9**

14 ± 1.1**

48 ± 5.1*

1w12Gy-IDD

21 ± 2.5**

28 ± 2.4**

19 ± 1.7**

8.7 ± 0.6**

17 ± 1.8**

64 ± 6.6**

  1. *, and ** indicate significant differences from each control (*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01).