by Kin-mang Lau. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-167). / Chapter I --- ABSTRACT --- p.1 / Chapter II --- INTRODUCTION --- p.3 / Chapter II. 1 --- Epidemiology of prostate cancer --- p.3 / Chapter II.2 --- Anatomy of the human prostate --- p.13 / Chapter II.3 --- Pathology of prostate diseases --- p.14 / Chapter II.3.1 --- Prostatic Hyperplasia / Chapter II.3.2 --- Atypical Hyperplasia / Chapter II.3.3 --- Prostatic Carcinoma / Chapter II.4 --- Tumour Suppressor Gene - Human p53 --- p.19 / Chapter II.4.1 --- General aspects / Chapter II.4.2 --- Human p53 gene - Historical perspectives / Chapter II.4.3 --- Human p53 gene - Structure / Chapter II.4.4 --- Human p53 protein - Structure / Chapter II.4.5 --- Wild-type p53 protein - Biochemical functions / Chapter II.4.6 --- Wild-type p53 protein - Biological function / Chapter II.4.7 --- Regulation of p53 function / Chapter II.4.8 --- p53 mutations in Human cancers / Chapter II.4.9 --- Properties of mutant p53 protein / Chapter II.5 --- Human Papillomavirus (HPV) --- p.38 / Chapter II.5.1. --- Virion Structure / Chapter II.5.2 --- Classification / Chapter II.5.3. --- Papillomaviruses in Human Cancers / Chapter II.5.4. --- Relationship between p53 alteration and HPV infection / Chapter II.6 --- p53 alteration and Prostate cancers --- p.42 / Chapter II.6.1. --- Cytogenetic studies / Chapter II.6.2. --- Hybridization analysis / Chapter II.6.3. --- p53 alterations and Prostatic cell lines / Chapter III. --- OBJECTIVES OF STUDY --- p.46 / Chapter IV --- MATERIALS & METHODS --- p.47 / Chapter IV.1 --- Patients and Materials --- p.47 / Chapter IV.2 --- Histological Grading --- p.47 / Chapter IV.2.1 --- Gleason grading / Chapter IV.2.2 --- W.H.O. grading (Mostofi) / Chapter IV.3 --- Staging of Prostatic carcinoma --- p.48 / Chapter IV.4 --- Collection of Blood and Tissue samples --- p.49 / Chapter IV.5 --- Immunohistochemical studies of Prostatic lesions --- p.50 / Chapter IV.5.1 --- Antibodies used / Chapter IV.5.2 --- Methods in frozen sections / Chapter IV.5.3 --- Methods in paraffin sections / Chapter IV.5.4 --- Controls / Chapter IV.5.5 --- Immunohistochemical evaluation / Chapter IV.6 --- Extraction of DNA from tissues and blood samples --- p.52 / Chapter IV.6.1 --- Extraction of genomic DNA from blood / Chapter IV.6.2 --- Extraction of genomic DNA from tissue / Chapter IV.7 --- Hybridization analysis --- p.54 / Chapter IV.7.1 --- Preparation of Cloned Probe DNA / Chapter IV.7.2 --- Transformation of CaCl2-treated competent cell / Chapter IV.7.3 --- Cultures of Transformants / Chapter IV.7.4 --- Isolationof plasmid DNA from transformant cultures / Chapter IV.7.5 --- Purification of DNA Probe by electroelution / Chapter IV.7.6 --- Radioactive labelling of DNA Probes / Chapter IV.7.7 --- Purification of radioactive labelled DNA Probes / Chapter IV.7.8 --- Southern Blotting Technique / Chapter IV.7.9 --- Hybridization of DNA Blots with labelled DNA Probe / Chapter IV.8 --- Polymerase Chain Reaction - Single Stranded Conformational Polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) --- p.63 / Chapter IV.8.1 --- 5'-radioactive labelling of primer / Chapter IV.8.2 --- Amplification of target sequence by PCR / Chapter IV.8.3 --- Nondenaturing Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis / Chapter IV.8.4 --- Direct DNA sequencing of PCR products with p53 mutation / Chapter IV.8.5 --- Controls / Chapter IV.9 --- PCR method for detection of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) --- p.71 / Chapter IV.9.1 --- PCR-Amplification / Chapter IV.9.2 --- DNA alkali Blotting Technique / Chapter IV.9.3 --- Preparation of Radioactive labelled Oligoprobes / Chapter IV.9.4 --- Hybridization of DNA Blots with radioactive labelled Oligoprobes / Chapter IV.9.5 --- Controls / Chapter IV.9.6 --- Sensitivity of HPV 18 detection by PCR / Chapter V --- RESULTS --- p.76 / Chapter V.1 --- Grading and Staging of patients with prostatic carcinoma --- p.76 / Chapter V.2 --- Immunohistochemistry in prostatic lesions --- p.80 / Chapter V.3 --- Results of hybridization analysis --- p.81 / Chapter V.4 --- PCR-SSCP findings in prostatic hyperplasia and carcinoma --- p.97 / Chapter V.5 --- PCR detection of HPV in human prostate --- p.110 / Chapter VI --- DISCUSSION --- p.125 / Chapter VII --- CONCLUSION --- p.146 / Chapter VIII --- REFERENCES --- p.148 / Chapter IX --- APPENDIX --- p.168 / Chapter X --- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.172
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_318153 |
| Date | January 1994 |
| Contributors | Lau, Kin-mang., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Pathological Sciences. |
| Publisher | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, 172 leaves : ill. (some col. & mounted) ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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