Expression of D-bifunctional protein in hepatocellular carcinoma tissue and its correlation with alpha-fetoprotein and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 / 临床肝胆病杂志

ObjectiveTo investigate the expression of D-bifunctional protein (DBP) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissue and its correlation with serum tumor markers alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), as well as the clinical value of DBP in early diagnosis and prognostic evaluation of HCC. MethodsA total of 20 patients who underwent hepatectomy for liver cancer in Tangshan Maternal and Child Health Hospital and Tangshan People’s Hospital from June 2015 to May 2017 were enrolled as experimental group, and 20 healthy subjects who underwent physical examination in these two hospital during the same period of time were enrolled as control group. Chemiluminescence was used to measure the expression of AFP and CA19-9, and immunohistochemistry was used to measure the expression of DBP, which was expressed as integrated optical density (IOD), in HCC tissue and adjacent tissue. The t-test was used for comparison of continuous data between groups, and the Pearson correlation analysis was used to investigate correlation between indices. ResultsThe IOD value of DBP in HCC tissue was significantly higher than that in adjacent tissues (220.52±101.30 vs 40.49±1932, t=-7.00, P＜0.01). The expression of DBP was positively correlated with that of AFP (r2=0.868, P＜0.01) and CA19-9 (r2=0.814, P＜0.01). ConclusionThe expression of DBP increases in HCC patients, which is closely associated with the development and progression of HCC. Therefore, it provides a new target for the diagnosis of HCC.