title: Expression of fibroblast growth factor-1 and fibroblast growth factor-2 in normal liver and hepatocellular carcinoma.
abstract: This study was performed to examine the immunohistochemical expression of fibroblast growth factor-1 and fibroblast growth factor-2 in normal liver and a total of 31 cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Reactivity for both types of angiogenic factor did not exist in any cellular component of normal liver. For HCC, variable amounts of fibroblast growth factor-1 were detected in 6 of 31 cases (19.4%). There was no apparent relationship between the expression pattern and clinicopathologic factors (P > 0.1, respectively), except a positive correlation with histologic grading (P = 0.04). No tumor showed reactivity for fibroblast growth factor-2 in their cancer cells. However, both types of peptide could be demonstrated in the pericellular stroma of HCC. With a mean follow-up at 60 months, fibroblast growth factor-1 expression did not correlate with patients' outcome (P > 0.1). Our study suggested that fibroblast growth factor-1 appears to play a certain role in hepatocarcinogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Chow
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Y N
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: X Z
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000032:analysis*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1