Open AccessExpression of cancer-testis antigens in hepatocellular carcinoma
Author(s) -
Li Zhao,
Dong-Cheng Mou,
Xi-sheng Leng,
Jie Peng,
Wanxiang Wang,
Lei Huang,
Shu Li,
Jun Zhu
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v10.i14.2034
Subject(s) - hepatocellular carcinoma , antigen , cirrhosis , pathology , carcinoma , reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction , cancer , messenger rna , gene , biopsy , real time polymerase chain reaction , polymerase chain reaction , gene expression , biology , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , cancer research , immunology , biochemistry
To investigate the expression of cancer-testis (CT) antigens MAGE-1, SSX-1,CTp11 and HCA587 genes in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the possibility of applying these antigens as targets for specific immunotherapy for HCC.