Altered epidermal fatty acid-binding protein expression in hepatocellular carcinoma predicts unfavorable outcomes
Altered epidermal fatty acid-binding protein expression in hepatocellular carcinoma predicts unfavorable outcomes
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肝细胞癌中表皮脂肪酸结合蛋白表达的改变预示着不利的结果
DOI:
10.2147/cmar.s181555
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发表时间:
2018-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Yun, Jing-ping
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作者:
Lu, Jia-bin;Cai, Shao-hang;Yun, Jing-ping
Objective: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a rapidly proliferating malignancy that requires large amounts of fatty acids to synthesize cellular membranes and provide energy. Epidermal fatty acid-binding protein (EFABP) is uniquely expressed in epidermal cells, but its role and expression in HCC are not clear.Subjects and methods: A total of 804 HCC specimens were collected to construct a tissue microarray (TMA) and for immunohistochemistry (IHC) analysis. The relationship between EFABP expression and clinical features of patients with HCC was analyzed.Results: The EFABP IHC score for HCC tissue was 0.76 +/- 0.69, being significantly higher than that for matched nom timorous tissue (0.48 +/- 0.55; P