Elevation of type V collagen-degrading enzyme activity in invasive hepatocellular carcinoma.
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.
Kobayashi
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First Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
Watanabe
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Nakatsukasa
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Nagashima
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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
D003094:Collagen