High level of L1CAM predicting poor prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma patients / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the clinical significance and prognostic value of PKD3 expression in human hepatocellu-lar carcinoma (HCC)after hepatectomy.Methods We analyzed mRNA expression of L1CAM in 1 10 HCCs by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR)and western blot,and the relationship among the overall survival of HCCs.Results The relative protein and mRNA expression level of L1CAM was up-regulated in HCCs comparing with adjacent non tumor liver tissues (P <0.01).L1CAM expression in the well-differentiated group was higher than that in the poor-differentiated group (P < 0.01 ).The expression of L1CAM mRNA was significantly correlated with tumor differentiation and TNM stage (P <0.05).The prognosis of patients with high expression L1CAM was poor (P <0.01).Conclusion L1CAM expression is related to occurrence and development of HCCs and may predict the prognosis of HCCs after hepatectomy.