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Vol 49(2015) N 6 p. 939-942; DOI 10.1134/S0026893315050222 T.D. Lebedev, P.V. Spirin, N.N. Orlova, M.M. Prokofjeva, V.S. Prassolov* Comparative analysis of gene expression: Targeted antitumor therapy in neuroblastoma cell lines Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991 Russia*prassolov45@mail.ru Received - 2015-01-19; Accepted - 2015-02-17 In this study, we evaluated the level of c-kit, VEGFA, and MYC gene expression in seven neuroblastoma stable cell lines, i.e., SK-N-SH, SK-N-BE, SK-N-AS, SH-SY5Y, Kelly, IMR-32, and LAN-1. The level of expression of these genes can serve as a diagnostic factor for cancer progression and proteins encoded by these genes are promising targets for neuroblastoma treatment. SH-SY5Y and SK-N-AS cells have the highest MYC expression and the same VEGFA expression, although SH-SY5Y has tenfold higher c-kit expression than SK-N-AS cells. Both IMR-32 and LAN-1 cells have low levels of MYC expression, but differ in c-kit expression, while IMR-32 has significantly higher c-kit expression than any other neuroblastoma cell line. On the other hand, LAN-1 has the highest VEGFA expression. These data suggest that MYC, c-kit, and VEGFA genes can play different roles in the development and progression of neuroblastoma depending on other activated molecular mechanisms in malignant cells. neuroblastoma, malignant cells, angiogenesis, VEGFA, c-kit |