Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
5 years ago

Gene expression in hepatomas.

Muramatsu, Nakadai, Kishimoto, Tamura, Kokura, Makino
Gene expression changes in accordance with cell growth, differentiation and carcinogenesis. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms for hepatocarcinogenesis as well as maintenance of normal hepatocytes, it is important to identify the genes that have altered expression with carcinogenesis. We established a new and efficient cDNA subtraction method via two cDNA populations. By using this method along with rat hepatomas made by the Soh-Farber protocol, we identified a number of genes, some of which are activated in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). These genes include ones which code for a transcription factor and a metabolic enzyme. One particular gene can be used as a tumour marker. Our method is beneficial for the isolation of a wide range of HCC-related genes in rats which, in turn, enables easy identification of their human counterparts. In this review, we describe details of our method and the isolated genes. We also briefly describe transcription factors in the liver.

Publisher URL: http://doi.org/10.1111/jgh.1998.13.s1.132

DOI: 10.1111/jgh.1998.13.s1.132

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