Article
Donor Polymorphisms of Toll-like Receptor 4 rs1927914 Associated with the Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence Following Liver Transplantation.
Archives of medical research - 1 Aug 2017
Shi Guangjun, Wang Chuanxu, Zhang Ping, Ji Lisha, Xu Shifeng, Tan Xueying, Li Hao
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recurrence after liver transplantation (LT) severely restricts the long-term survival of patients. Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) has been considered to be involved in hepatocarcinogenesis and metastasis. Additionally, there is a study demonstrating the significant association between TLR4 gene rs1927914 polymorphism and HCC, but no study investigated the association of the...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
