Myofibrillogenesis regulator-1 overexpression is associated with poor prognosis of gastric cancer patients

Figure 1 Expression of myofibrillogenesis regulator-1 mRNA in adjacent noncancerous mucosa and gastric cancers. A: Expression pattern of myofibrillogenesis regulator-1 (MR-1) in gastric cancer specimens by semiquan- titative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) (representative PCR results from 3 patients). The expression level of MR-1 mRNA showed significant difference between gastric cancer tissues and corresponding noncancerous gastric tissues; B: Results of real-time quantitative PCR assay. MR-1 mRNA expression in tumor tissue was frequently higher than that in matched normal mucosa (P < 0.001; Student’s t test). β-actin was used as a control. N: Noncancerous gastric tissues; T: Gastric cancer tissues.