title: Differential expression of transforming growth factor alpha and insulin-like growth factor II in chronic active hepatitis B, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: In the present study we investigated the expression of transforming growth factor alpha and insulin-like growth factor II to explain the role of these growth factors in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma from chronic active hepatitis B and cirrhosis. The expression of transforming growth factor alpha and insulin-like growth factor II was tested in 38 tissue samples from patients with chronic active hepatitis B, 32 cirrhosis and 31 hepatocellular carcinoma, by immunohistochemical staining using monoclonal anti-transforming growth factor alpha and anti-insulin-like growth factor II. All patients were seropositive for HBsAg. Transforming growth factor alpha was expressed in 26 (68.4%) of 38 chronic active hepatitis B, 18 (56.3%) of 32 cirrhosis and 16 (51.6%) of 31 hepatocellular carcinoma tissue samples. Transforming growth factor alpha was found in the periportal hepatocytes of chronic active hepatitis B and in regenerating hepatocytes of cirrhotic nodules. In hepatocellular carcinoma tissues, transforming growth factor alpha-containing tumor cells were evenly distributed within the tumor tissues but focal distribution limited to a part of tumor tissues was also observed. The expression of insulin-like growth factor II was observed in 30 (93.8%) of 32 cirrhosis and all the 31 hepatocellular carcinoma tissue samples tested, but not in chronic active hepatitis B samples. Insulin-like growth factor II was expressed in most hepatocytes of regenerating nodules and in tumorous as well as non-tumorous hepatocytes of hepatocellular carcinoma tissues.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Huh
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Seo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000378:metabolism*; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II / Q000378:metabolism*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D016211:Transforming Growth Factor alpha / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D016211:Transforming Growth Factor alpha; D007335:Insulin-Like Growth Factor II