The efficacy of biliary and serum macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 for diagnosing biliary tract cancer

The efficacy of biliary and serum macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 for diagnosing biliary tract cancer

Abstract The serum macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 (MIC-1) levels are elevated in some inflammatory conditions and cancers. We thus compared the levels of biliary and serum MIC-1 and conventional tumour markers between 23 biliary tract cancer (BTC) patients (malignant group) and 29 benign biliary d...

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Main Authors: Mitsuru Sugimoto, Tadayuki Takagi, Naoki Konno, Rei Suzuki, Hiroyuki Asama, Ko Watanabe, Jun Nakamura, Yuichi Waragai, Hitomi Kikuchi, Mika Takasumi, Yuki Sato, Takuto Hikichi, Hiromasa Ohira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09740-x

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09740-x

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