title: [Expression of augmenter of liver regeneration in hepatic tumor cells and its clinical significance].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effects of augmenter of liver regeneration (ALR) on the proliferation of hepatocytes and hepatic tumor cells and the expression of ALR in herpatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
  
  
  METHODS
  Primary rat hepatocytes, QGY and HepG2 cells were cultured separately with ALR from different species. Cell proliferation was detected by their 3H-TdR uptake. The expression of ALR was examined in 9 normal hepatic tissues and 21 HCC cases using immunohistochemistry method.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Different ALRs could stimulate the proliferation of HepG2 and QGY cells in a dose-dependent way in vitro, but all ALR had no influence in the proliferation of primary rat hepatocytes. The expression of ALR was absent in normal hepatic tissues, but present in all HCC hepatic tissues. However, the expression of ALR had no relationship with the differentiation and size of the carcinomas.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ALR might play an important role in the occurrence and development of HCC.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Viral Hepatitis, Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, Chongqing 400010, China.
authors.forename: Hang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Hui-feng
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Chuan-xin
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xiao-qin
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000378:metabolism; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D008115:Liver Regeneration / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D050862:Oxidoreductases Acting on Sulfur Group Donors
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins; C088825:GFER protein, rat; D050862:Oxidoreductases Acting on Sulfur Group Donors