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ArticleHepatology international2020

Improving pathological early diagnosis and differential biomarker value for hepatocellular carcinoma via RNAscope technology.

Ahmed Musa Hago Bakheet, Chang Zhao, Jian-Ning Chen, Jing-Yue Zhang, Jun-Ting Huang, Yu Du, Li-Ping Gong, Yuan-Hua Bi, Chun-Kui Shao

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Article in Hepatology international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ahmed Musa Hago BakheetDepartment of Pathology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.
Chang ZhaoDepartment of Pathology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.
Jian-Ning ChenDepartment of Pathology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.
Jing-Yue ZhangDepartment of Pathology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.
Jun-Ting HuangDepartment of Pathology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.
Yu DuDepartment of Pathology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.
Li-Ping GongDepartment of Pathology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.
Yuan-Hua BiDepartment of Pathology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.
Chun-Kui ShaoDepartment of Pathology, The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 600 Tianhe Road, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China. shaochk@mail.sysu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7083-7522
Sun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

Guangzhou Science, Technology and Innovation Commission (CN) 201707010119National Natural Science Foundation of China 81572309Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province 2017A030313502 & 2018A030313650 & No. 2019A1515011455
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe diagnostic and prognostic values of glypican3 (GPC3) and glutamine synthetase (GS) proteins in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have been reported, but their specificity and sensitivity remain low. Here, we applied RNAscope to improve HCC early pathological and differential diagnosis by estimating GPC3 and GS mRNAs.

methodsWe performed RNAscope and immunohistochemistry (IHC) to detect GPC3 and GS biomarkers on the tissue sections of 194 cases, including high- and low-grade liver dysplastic nodules; highly, moderately, and poorly differentiated HCCs; intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas (ICCs); metastatic HCC; and carcinomas from other organs.

resultsThe results showed that all the cases that were negative for GPC3 by RNAscope were also negative for this protein by IHC. The use of RNAscope assay improved the GPC3 and GS specificity and sensitivity by 20-30%. Hence, HCC shows early recognition and upgrades the metastatic HCC differentiation by 23% compared with IHC (p = 0.0001, 0.0064). Meanwhile, all liver cirrhosis, cholangiocytes and non-HCC samples were negative for GPC3 and GS except lymphocytes in lymphomas, and 2 (8.3%) out of the 24 ICC samples but not in the cancer cells.

conclusionRNAscope for GPC3 and GS panel was highly specific and sensitive for the pathological identification of dysplastic nodules, early stages of HCCs, and would differentiate them from HCCs and metastatic tumors compared with IHC.

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Biomarkers, TumorBiopsyCarcinoma, HepatocellularEarly Detection of CancerFemaleGlutamate-Ammonia LigaseGlypicansHumansImmunohistochemistryLiver NeoplasmsMalePredictive Value of TestsSensitivity and SpecificityBiomarkers, TumorGlutamate-Ammonia LigaseGlypicansEarly diagnosisLiver cancerPathological biomarkerRNAscope

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