Fol. Biol. 2014, 60, 261-267

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2014060060261

Protein and mRNA Levels of YKL-40 in High-Grade Glioma

M. H. Kazakova1, D. N. Staneva2, I. G. Koev3, D. G. Staikov4, N. Mateva5, P. T. Timonov4, G. A. Miloshev2, Victoria S. Sarafian1

1Department of Medical Biology, Medical Faculty, Faculty od Public Health Medical University-Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2Laboratory of Yeast Molecular Genetics, Institute of Molecular Biology “Acad. Roumen Tsanev”, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
3Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty, Faculty od Public Health Medical University-Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
4Department of General and Clinical Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Medical Faculty, Faculty od Public Health Medical University-Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
5Department of Medical Informatics, Biostatistics and e-Learning, Medical Faculty, Faculty od Public Health Medical University-Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Received July 2014
Accepted September 2014

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