Expression of hepcidin and other iron-regulatory genes in human hepatocellular carcinoma and its clinical implications

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1413-1420

  Tseng, Hsi Huang ^a   Chang, Jan Gowth ^b   Hwang, Yaw Huei ^a   Yeh, Kun Tu ^c   Chen, Yao Li ^c   Yu, Hsin Su ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anemia; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Hepcidin; Iron; Liver

Indexed keywords

CD71 ANTIGEN; CERULOPLASMIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPCIDIN; IRON REGULATORY FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR 2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IRON BALANCE; IRON STORAGE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; STAINING; UPREGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; IRON-REGULATORY PROTEINS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFERRIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69049089736     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-009-0585-5     Document Type: Article

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