Objective:ToexploretherelationshipbetweenSTK15geneabnormalexpressionandlaryngealcarcinoma.Methods:Tumortissuesandmatchednormaltissuesweretakenfrom55LSCCpatients.Semi-quantitativereversetranscription-polymerasechainreaction(RT-PCR)wasusedtodetectSTK15expressionin110specimens.Results:In38ofthe55cases(69.1%),theSTK15expressionatthemRNAlevelswashigherthanthatofthepairednormaltissue.TheratioofADV(averagedensityvalue)ofSTK15genetoADVofβ-actingenewas1.22±0.49inthecancertissue,and0.99±0.54inthepairednormaltissuewithasignificantdifference(t=4.539,P<0.01).Conclusion:TherewasobviousassociationbetweentheSTK15overexpressionandlaryngealcarcinoma.Itmayserveasanalternativemechanismofactivatingthepathogenesisofhumanlaryngealsquamouscellcarcinoma.
