Ghrelin Aggravates Prostate Enlargement in Rats with Testosterone-Induced Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Stromal Cell Proliferation, and Smooth Muscle Contraction in Human Prostate Tissues

Table 2

Correlation analysis for mRNAs of genes selected from microarray analysis with mRNAs of GHSR and PSA, based on mRNA detection by RT-PCR in human prostate tissues (samples from 12 patients for each gene).

Gene	Correlation coefficient (Spearman’s )
	With GHSR	With PSA
BMP6	0.965	-0.124
TTK	0.999	0.913
CCNE1	0.959	0.063
FOXM1	0.987	-0.016
GAL	0.903	-0.389
SPON1	0.324	-0.044
LIMK1	0.536	0.514
RTKN2	0.826	-0.369
ARHGEF4	0.679	0.452
ABRA	0.995	-0.252
SLC10A6	0.997	-0.25
THEM5	0.992	-0.209