Figure 1.

Expression of α‐amylase in normal human tissues. The mRNA expressions of α‐amylase in human normal tissues were quantified by real‐time PCR. The α‐amylase/GAPDH ratio for liver was set as the baseline value to which all transcript levels were normalized. mRNA of α‐amylase/GAPDH in human tissues I and II across Human MTC Panel I and II (A) and in human digestive tissues across the Human Digestive System MTC Panel (B). GAPDH, glyceraldehyde‐3‐phosphate dehydrogenase; mRNA, messenger RNA; MTC, multiple tissue cDNA; PCR, Polymerase chain reaction