Promoting colonization in metastatic HCC cells by modulation of autophagy.

BACKGROUND: Autophagy is an important adaptive survival mechanism, which has been postulated to be involved in cancer metastasis. The purpose of this study was to investigate autophagy in metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). METHODS: Immunohistochemical analysis of autophagic activity in me...

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Main Authors: Yuan-Fei Peng, Ying-Hong Shi, Ying-Hao Shen, Zhen-Bin Ding, Ai-Wu Ke, Jian Zhou, Shuang-Jian Qiu, Jia Fan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3772859?pdf=render