Open AccessImmune Gene Expression Profile in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Surrounding Tissue Predicts Time to Tumor Recurrence
Author(s) -
Chiara Carone,
Andrea Olivani,
Raffaele Dalla Valle,
Tommaso Trenti,
Gabriele Missale,
Elisabetta Cariani
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
liver cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.916
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2235-1795
pISSN - 1664-5553
DOI - 10.1159/000486764
Subject(s) - immune system , hepatocellular carcinoma , gene expression , biology , gene , cancer research , medicine , pathology , immunology , biochemistry
The antitumor immune response may play a major role in the clinical outcome of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). We characterized the liver immune microenvironment by direct hybridization of RNA extracted from HCC and nontumorous tissues.