| Literature DB >> 21669487 |
Atsunori Tsuchiya1, Hiroteru Kamimura, Yasushi Tamura, Masaaki Takamura, Satoshi Yamagiwa, Takeshi Suda, Minoru Nomoto, Yutaka Aoyagi.
Abstract
We analyzed hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with progenitor cell features using hepatic stem/progenitor cell marker neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM). Approximately 8.3% of the operated HCC cases expressed NCAM, and 22.3% of the HCC patients had soluble NCAM levels >1000ng/ml (the "highly soluble" NCAM group). Soluble NCAM status was a significant independent factor predictive of long-term survival in patients with HCC, and high levels of soluble NCAM were significantly related to intrahepatic metastasis. The 140-kDa NCAM isoform was specifically detected in the "highly soluble" NCAM group of HCC patients andits related signals are potential drug targets for NCAM+ HCC.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID： 21669487 DOI： 10.1016/j.canlet.2011.05.021
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Lett ISSN： 0304-3835 Impact factor: 8.679