HAX-1 is overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma and promotes cell proliferation |
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Authors: | Yanxia Wang Xin Huo Zheng Cao Hui Xu Jian Zhu Li Qian Hong Fu Bing Xu |
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Affiliation: | Department of Emergency, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital Affiliated to Medicine College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200011, China |
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Abstract: | Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver tumor. Due to the asymptomatic nature of early HCC and lack of effective screening strategies, 80% of patients present with advanced HCC at the time of diagnosis. Novel molecular marker identification will be valuable for effective diagnosis and treatment. In this study we reported HCLS1-associated protein X-1 (HAX-1) is overexpression in HCC in human HCC sample. Furthermore, we provided evidence that HAX-1 expression positively correlated with that of Ki67 in patient sample. Statistic analysis indicated that HAX-1 expression level significantly correlated with clinic outcome of HCC. Cell based assay revealed that knockdown of HAX-1 inhibits cell proliferation. This result suggests that HAX-1 can be a novel molecular marker for HCC. |
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Keywords: | Human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) HAX-1 cell proliferation |
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