THE ROLE OF TETRASPANIN-8 IN ASTROCYTE ELEVATED GENE-1 MEDIATED PROGRESSION OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a devastating form of liver cancer that accounts for 80% of liver cancers. HCC has a poor prognosis with five-year survival of less than 12% in the United States. We in previous studies have identified Astrocyte Elevated Gene-1 (AEG-1) as an aberrantly overexpressed...

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Main Author: Akiel, Maaged
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2012
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Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/375
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1374&context=etd