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From: Tenascin-W is a better cancer biomarker than tenascin-C for most human solid tumors

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Immunoblot analysis of TNW and TNC protein expression in various healthy human adult organs (A), in pancreatic carcinomas (B) and in kidney carcinomas (C). Blots were also probed for vinculin (VCL) to check equal loadings of protein samples. A) Note the presence of TNC in all but one organ tested, whereas TNW is undetectable in the majority of organs. The last two lanes contain 25 ng of purified TNC or TNW, respectively. B) Extracts from nine pancreatic carcinomas were tested for their TNW and TNC levels. Note that TNW is expressed in most of the pancreatic carcinomas tested. C) Extracts of nine kidney carcinomas were tested for their TNW and TNC expression. TNW was observed in most of the kidney carcinomas tested.

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