Objective To screen and identify differentially expressed genes in colorectal carcinoma and explore the possible molecular pathogenesis of colorectal carcinoma.Methods The differentially expressed cDNA bands in colorectal carcinoma specimens and matched adjacent normal tissues were isolated by fluorescent mRNA differential display.Following differential display PCR (DD-PCR),all cDNA fragments were sequenced.By using BLAST software,the sequencing results were compared with Genebank database for homologue analysis.RT-PCR was used to detect the expression of one of the differentially expressed genes in colorectal carcinoma samples were identified by semi-RT-PCR.Results BLAST analysis revealed that the cDNA band was homologous to DDX32 (99%) and its up-regulated expression in colorectal carcinoma tissues was confirmed by RT-PCR (P<0.05).Conclusion Differential Display should be an available method for Screening differentially expressed genes.DDX32 gene expression was much higher in colorectal carcinoma tissues than that in matched adjacent normal tissues.Its up-regulated expression in colorectal carcinoma tissues was probably related to the carcinogenesis of colorectal carcinoma.