Noninvasive diagnosis of cancer bladder remains a challenge. The study aimed to
evaluate the urinary gene expression of NDRG-2 (N-Myc downstream-regulated gene2) and
MCM8 (the mini chromosome maintenance proteins) genes and their importance as novel urinary
biomarkers for bladder cancer. In addition, to assess their diagnostic value in comparison with
voided urine cytology is the focus of this work. the study included twenty healthy controls and
fifty patients with bladder cancer. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR)
and voided urine cytology (VUC) were performed to demonstrate the NDRG2 and MCM-8 gene
expression levels in the urine of healthy controls and bladder cancer patients. There was a
statistically significant decrease in NDRG-2 gene expression in bladder cancer group (4.38±0.66)
compared to the control group (8.29±1.67). Gene expression of MCM-8 showed a statistically
significant increase in bladder cancer group (5.57±0.79) in comparison to control group
(4.55±1.39) with a significant negative correlation (?= -0.77) between NDRG-2 expression levels
and tumor grade in cancer group (p |
