摘要OBJECTIVE Tob is a member of Tob/BTG antiproliferative family. To date, Tob expression in human carcinoma using clinical specimens has not been studied in depth except for lung carcinoma and thyroid carcinoma. This study is the first to investigate the expression levels of Tob gene in human colorectal cancer tissues,and their corresponding para-cancerous tissues. The correlation of expression of the Tob gene with clinicopathological characteristics of colorectal cancer was also analyzed.METHODS Quantitative real time RT-PCR was used to detect the expression of Tob mRNA in 31 colorectal cancers.RESULTS Compared with normal tissues, up-regulation of Tob mRNA was observed in 31 colorectal cancer tissues (P = 0.020).The expression level of Tob at Dukes C + D phase was higher than Dukes A + B phase, and the difference was signifi cant (P < 0.05).However, in this study, it was found that the expression of Tob mRNA was not related with age, gender, and pathological type of colorectal cancer.CONCLUSION The up-regulation of Tob may be closely associated with tumorigenesis of colorectal carcinoma.