التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Overexpression of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase and its correlation with proliferation in human hepatocellular carcinoma. |
| المؤلفون: |
Tsuboi, Yasunori, Ichida, Takafumi, Sugitani, Soichi, Genda, Takuya, Inayoshi, Jun, Takamura, Masaaki, Matsuda, Yasunobu, Nomoto, Minoru, Aoyagi, Yutaka |
| المصدر: |
Liver International; Oct2004, Vol. 24 Issue 5, p432-436, 5p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
PROTEIN kinases, CELL proliferation, LIVER cancer, IMMUNOBLOTTING, IMMUNOCHEMISTRY, TISSUES |
| مستخلص: |
Tsuboi Y, Ichida T, Sugitani S, Genda T, Inayoshi J, Takamura M, Matsuda Y, Nomoto M, Aoyagi Y. Overexpression of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase and its correlation with proliferation in human hepatocellular carcinoma.Liver International 2004: DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2004.0940.x.© Blackwell Munksgaard 2004Dysregulation of cell proliferation is one of the most important features of human cancers including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, the molecular basis underlying the proliferation of HCC has not been fully clarified. Because a previous study reported that overexpression of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK), which transduces extracellular growth stimuli to the nuclei, was frequently observed in several human cancers, this study was performed to analyze the expression of ERK in human HCC and its correlation with HCC proliferation.Twenty-four paired samples of primary HCCs and corresponding noncancerous liver tissues, and six samples of histologically normal liver tissue were obtained from surgically resected materials. The expression of ERK was examined by immunoblotting and immunohistochemical analysis. Proliferative activity of each HCC was examined by immunohistochemical demonstration of proliferative cell nuclear antigen (PCNA).The ERK1 and ERK2 expression in HCCs was significantly higher than that in noncancerous liver tissues, and the ERK1 expression in noncancerous liver tissues from patients with HCC was higher than that in tissue from normal liver. Immunohistochemical examination revealed enhanced accumulation of ERK1 in the nuclei of HCC cells. Regression analysis revealed a significant correlation between ERK expression and PCNA labeling index in HCC.Our findings suggest that ERK overexpression contributes to the proliferation of HCC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |
