Open AccessInterleukin-6 and its soluble receptor in patients with liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma
Author(s) -
Maurizio Soresi,
Lydia Giannitrapani,
Fabio D’Antona,
Ada Maria Florena,
Emanuele La Spada,
Antonino Terranova,
Melchiorre Cervello,
Natale D’Alessandro,
Giuseppe Montalto
Publication year - 2006
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.v12.i16.2563
Subject(s) - hepatocellular carcinoma , cirrhosis , immunohistochemistry , medicine , gastroenterology , carcinoma , pathology , polyclonal antibodies , antibody , immunology
To evaluate the immunohistochemical localization of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and IL-6 receptor (IL-6R) on tumor tissue specimens from patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the serum levels of IL-6 and sIL-6R in a group of patients with HCC as well as liver cirrhosis (LC) in a group of patients with LC alone and in a control group.