2024
Mechanistically based blood proteomic markers in the TGF-β pathway stratify risk of hepatocellular cancer in patients with cirrhosis.
Xiang X, Bhowmick K, Shetty K, Ohshiro K, Yang X, Wong L, Yu H, Latham P, Satapathy S, Brennan C, Dima R, Chambwe N, Sharifova G, Cacaj F, John S, Crawford J, Huang H, Dasarathy S, Krainer A, He A, Amdur R, Mishra L. Mechanistically based blood proteomic markers in the TGF-β pathway stratify risk of hepatocellular cancer in patients with cirrhosis. Genes & Cancer 2024, 15: 1-14. PMID: 38323119, PMCID: PMC10843195, DOI: 10.18632/genesandcancer.234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHepatocellular carcinomaPyruvate kinase M2TGF-bPresence of hepatocellular carcinomaEarly detection of HCCRisk of hepatocellular cancerDetection of hepatocellular carcinomaAdvanced incurable stageRisk-stratifying biomarkersTGF-B pathwayAssociated with hepatocellular carcinomaProteomic markersEarly detectionBiologically relevant markersIncurable stageBlood-based biomarkersHepatocellular cancerRisk stratificationStratify riskNon-HCCClinical variablesBlood levelsLiver diseaseAnimal modelsBiological role
2022
Abstract 3379: Multi-cohort study shows HCC is associated with a relative regional reduction in TGFBR2 in liver biopsies from patients with cirrhosis
Bhowmick K, Amdur R, Xiang X, Yu H, Wong L, Rao S, He A, Amin K, Zaheer D, Narayan R, Satapathy S, Guha C, Latham P, Shetty K, Gough N, Mishra L. Abstract 3379: Multi-cohort study shows HCC is associated with a relative regional reduction in TGFBR2 in liver biopsies from patients with cirrhosis. Cancer Research 2022, 82: 3379-3379. DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2022-3379.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHepatocellular carcinomaLiver biopsyCirrhotic tissueStaining intensityAmerican Association for Cancer Research annual meetingsLogistic regression modelsDetection of hepatocellular carcinomaDiagnostic of hepatocellular carcinomaEarly detection of hepatocellular carcinomaMulti-cohort studyEvaluating biopsy samplesAnalysis of biopsy tissueAssociated with hepatocellular carcinomaTransforming growth factor-bDevelopment of hepatocellular carcinomaIndependent patient cohortHigh-risk groupGrowth factor BQuantitative IHCPatient cohortBiopsy tissueBiopsy samplesClinical trialsCirrhosisLoss of function