Figure 4From: The association between Histone 3 Lysine 27 Trimethylation (H3K27me3) and prostate cancer: relationship with clinicopathological parameters EZH2 , AR and SRC3 is upregulated in prostate cancer and inversely correlated with RAR beta 2 , ER alpha , PGR and RGMA . mRNA expression of seven genes were measured using RT-qPCR in normal tissues (n = 38) and cancerous tissues (n = 34). 18S RNA was used as an internal control in PCR reactions. All genes that have high H3K27me3 levels in their promoter are consistent with the low mRNA expression levels. In contrast, genes that have low H3K27me3 levels are consistent with high mRNA expression levels. Analysis of variance, followed by a Tukey multiple comparison test, was used for statistical analysis. The statistical significant between groups was indicated by letters “a”, “b” and “c”. (N = normal; GS = Gleason score).Back to article page