Increased expression of cathepsin L: a novel independent prognostic marker of worse outcome in hepatocellular carcinoma patients.

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the expression and role of Cathepsin L (CTSL) in Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissue and cell line (MHCC-97H), and to evaluate the clinical and prognostic significance of CTSL protein in patients with HCC. METHODS: The expression of CTSL was examined in HCC tissue and MH...

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Main Authors: Jian Ruan, Hang Zheng, Wenguang Fu, Peng Zhao, Ning Su, Rongcheng Luo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4226473?pdf=render