キタハラ シユウジ   Kitahara Shiyuuji
  北原 秀治
   所属   医学研究科 医学研究科 (医学部医学科をご参照ください)
   職種   特任准教授
論文種別 原著
言語種別 英語
査読の有無 査読あり
表題 Potential Circulating Biomarkers of Recurrence after Hepatic Resection or Liver Transplantation in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients.
掲載誌名 正式名:Cancers
略  称:Cancers (Basel)
ISSNコード:20726694/20726694
掲載区分国外
巻・号・頁 12(5),pp.E1275
著者・共著者 Duda Dan G, Dima Simona O, Cucu Dana, Sorop Andrei, Klein Sebastian, Ancukiewicz Marek, Kitahara Shuji, Iacob Speranta, Bacalbasa Nicolae, Tomescu Dana, Herlea Vlad, Tanase Cristiana, Croitoru Adina, Popescu Irinel
発行年月 2020/05
概要 Background: Improving surgical outcomes in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients would greatly benefit from biomarkers. Angiogenesis and inflammation are hallmarks of HCC progression and therapeutic targets. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated preoperative clinical variables and circulating (plasma) biomarkers of angiogenesis and inflammation in a cohort of HCC patients who underwent liver resection (LR) or transplantation (LT). Biomarker correlation with outcomes-freedom of liver recurrence (FLR), disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS)-was tested using univariate and multivariate Cox regression analyses. Results: Survival outcomes associated with sVEGFR1, VEGF and VEGF-C in LT patients and with IL-10 in LR patients. Moreover, in LT patients within Milan criteria, higher plasma VEGF and sVEGFR1 were associated with worse outcomes, while in those outside Milan criteria lower plasma VEGF-C associated with better outcomes. Multivariate analysis indicated that adding plasma VEGF or VEGF-C to a predictive model including Milan criteria and AFP improved prediction of DFS and OS (all p < 0.05). Conclusion: Survival outcomes after LR or LT differentially associated with angiogenic and inflammatory biomarkers. High plasma VEGF correlated with poorer prognosis within Milan criteria while low plasma VEGF-C associated with better prognosis outside Milan criteria. These candidate biomarkers should be further validated to improve patient stratification.
DOI 10.3390/cancers12051275
PMID 32443546