Re: Yves Allorya, Willemien Beukers, Ana Sagrera, et al Re: Yves Allorya, Willemien Beukers, Ana Sagrera, et al. Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Promoter Mutations in Bladder Cancer: High Frequency Across Stages, Detection in Urine, and Lack of Association with Outcome. Eur Urol 2014;65:360–6 Jayant K. Rane, Matthew S. Simms, Norman J. Maitland European Urology Volume 65, Issue 6, Pages e85-e86 (June 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2014.02.030 Copyright © 2014 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) expression changes during prostate epithelial pathophysiology. (a) Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction analysis of human TERT expression in prostate epithelial subpopulations enriched from normal prostate (n=3), prostate epithelium (n=5), and prostate cancer cell lines; (b) schematic representation showing telomerase dynamics in normal prostate and proposed changes during carcinogenesis. Data are plotted as mean plus or minus standard deviation. Significance is calculated by the student two-tailed t test (** p<0.01; *** p<0.001). BPH=benign prostatic hyperplasia; CB=committed basal cells; CRPC=castration-resistant prostate cancer; hTERT=human telomerase reverse transcriptase; LC=luminal cells; mRNA=messenger RNA; ND=not detectable; PCa=treatment-naive prostate cancer (Gl 7); PIN=prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia; SC=stemlike cells; TA=transit-amplifying cells. European Urology 2014 65, e85-e86DOI: (10.1016/j.eururo.2014.02.030) Copyright © 2014 European Association of Urology Terms and Conditions