title: [A comparative study of the expression of ras oncogenic protein P21 and oncofetal protein AFP, CEA in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)].
abstract: The expression of P21, AFP and CEA were detected in human hepatocellular carcinoma and its surrounding nontumor tissues by immunohistochemical staining on serial sections. The significance of AFP and P21 in HCC auxiliary diagnosis was discussed. The results are as follows: (1) AFP and P21 were more closely related with HCC than CEA. Both AFP and P21 were expressed simultaneously in more than half the cases. The distribution of these two antigens in HCC was similar. (2) The positive incidence of AFP in tumor tissues was higher than that in surrounding nontumor tissues, but vice versa for P21. Based on the results of this study, we regard that AFP is a relatively specific marker of HCC, better than P21 in auxiliary diagnosis of HCC. The hepatocytes which surround the tumor and can simultaneously express AFP and P21, are likely to be precancerous cells which have been initiated and possess the ability of neoplastic growth but lack phenotype transformation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Third Military Medical College, Chongqing.
authors.forename: X L
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: J Q
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Zuo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000032:analysis*; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000737:chemistry*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015689:Oncogene Protein p21(ras) / Q000032:analysis*; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen; D000509:alpha-Fetoproteins; D015689:Oncogene Protein p21(ras)