Objective: To observe the change of mRNA expression of HoxA3 and HoxA10 gene treated by phenylacetate (PA) in glioma C6 cells. Methods: Astrocytes of rat brain tissue were primarily cultured and C6 cells were cultured in vitro. The expression of HoxA3 and HoxA10 mRNA were detected by semi-quantitative reverse transcription- polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in the presence of specific primers. The difference of Hox gene expression level between before and after treated by PA in C6 cells was analyzed by stu...