Figure 6

SAGE and quantitative RT-PCR confirm the expression of thymosin-β4 and c-fos in the SRC tumors. (A) Thymosin-β4 expression in the SRC tumors (SAGE analysis top panel; quantitative RT-PCR bottom panel). (B) C-fos expression in the SRC tumors (SAGE analysis top panel; quantitative RT-PCR bottom panel). SAGE and RT-PCR identified similar gene expression patterns for both thymosin-β4 and c-fos. Note the increased expression of thymosin-β4 and c-fos in the tibia and lung SRC tumors. The graphical bars in the RT-PCR figure represent the average expression ratio calculated on RNA that was collected from pooled tumor tissue. For RT-PCR at each transplantation site, tissue was pooled from at least 10 separate tumors. SAGE data was normalized to 100,000 tags/library for analysis. In the SAGE graph, "*" indicates that the expression levels of a specific sample are significantly different relative to the "Subcutaneous SRC tumor" sample (z > 1.96).