Open AccessPromotion of Insulin-like growth factor II in cell proliferation and epithelial–mesenchymal transition in hepatocellular carcinoma
Author(s) -
Yan Ma,
Yanfang Chen,
Lei Chen,
Zhi Li,
Mio-Leng Ieong,
Fei Gao,
Wei Huang
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/jcrt.jcrt_605_17
Subject(s) - epithelial–mesenchymal transition , cell growth , cancer research , cell cycle , mesenchymal stem cell , apoptosis , cell , cell migration , growth factor , insulin like growth factor , hepatocellular carcinoma , metastasis , oncology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , cancer , receptor , biochemistry , genetics
This study aims to investigate the involvement of insulin-like growth factor II (IGF-II) in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) proliferation and metastasis.