Plasma mSEPT9: A Novel Circulating Cell-free DNA-Based Epigenetic Biomarker to Diagnose Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Summary: Background: Patients with cirrhosis are at high risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The SEPT9 gene is a key regulator of cell division and tumor suppressor whose hypermethylation is associated with liver carcinogenesis. The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accur...

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Main Authors: Abderrahim Oussalah, Susann Rischer, Mouni Bensenane, Guillaume Conroy, Pierre Filhine-Tresarrieu, Renée Debard, Denise Forest-Tramoy, Thomas Josse, Dana Reinicke, Matthieu Garcia, Amandine Luc, Cédric Baumann, Ahmet Ayav, Valérie Laurent, Marcus Hollenbach, Cristina Ripoll, Rosa-Maria Guéant-Rodriguez, Fares Namour, Alexander Zipprich, Michael Fleischhacker, Jean-Pierre Bronowicki, Jean-Louis Guéant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-04-01
Series:EBioMedicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396418301166