• Department of Hand Surgery ,Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing,100035, P.R. China.;
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Objective To investigate the different influence of the expression levels of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) and the keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) after the unilateral phrenectomy in piglets. Methods Thirty-six piglets were divided into 3 groups according to their ages during the operation (10 d,30 d,50 d). In each group, 6 piglets underwent the left cervical phrenectomy and 6 piglets were used as the shamoperation controls. The expression levels of EGF and KGF were determined by the real time quantitative RT-PCR at 2 weeks after operation.Results The melting curves of RTPCR showed that there was a single peark at the temperature of 80.0, 84.5 and 89.0℃ of EGF,KGF and GAPDH, respectively. In the experimental group, the expression levels of EGF were 3.53±0.36 and 1.73±0.29, and the expression levels of KGF were 4.71±0.42 and 2.77±0.29 in thepiglets undergiong the operation at their ages of 10 d and 30 d.Compared with the control group,the expression levels of EGF (4.60±0.41,2.18±0.24) and KGF(6.05±0.42,3.58±0.31) showed that there was a significant decrease postoperatively in the piglets undergoing the operation at their ages of 10 d and 30 d(P<0.05). However, there was no significant change in the piglets undergoing the operation at their ages of 50 d(P>0.05). The expression levels of EGF and KGF were significantly decreased with the lung development of the piglets(P<0.05). Conclusion The unilateral phrenectomy performed in the piglets younger than 30 d may cause abnormity of the EGF and KGF expression levels. The piglets older than 50 d may not cause a significant influence.

Citation: YANG Yong,CHEN Liang,GU Yudong.. INFLUENCE OF EXPRESSION LEVELS OF EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR AND KERATINOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR AFTER UNILATERAL PHRENECTOMY IN PIGLETS. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2007, 21(6): 586-589. doi: Copy