title: Elevation of type V collagen-degrading enzyme activity in invasive hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: Type V collagen-degrading enzyme activity in the cancer front was extremely high in a hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patient with severe metastasis to the lungs. However, the similar results were not found in other two patients with only slight or no metastasis.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakatsukasa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagashima
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen