ArticleJournal of clinical and experimental hepatology
Comparative Immunohistochemical Analysis of Clinicopathological Subgroups in Hepatocellular Carcinomas from Japan and Indonesia.
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- Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Molecular Diagnosis and Perspectives for Therapy.Journal of clinical and experimental hepatologyArticle
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Abstract
Background: Standardized pathological evaluation based on immunohistochemical (IHC) analysis could improve hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) diagnoses worldwide. We evaluated differences in clinicopathological subgroups in HCCs from two academic institutions in Tokyo-Japan, and Jakarta-Indonesia. Methods: Clinicopathological parameters and molecular expression patterns were evaluated in 35 HCCs from Indonesia and 41 HCCs from Japan. IHC analysis of biliary/stem cell (B/S) markers (cytokeratin 19, sal-like protein 4, epithelial cell adhesion molecule) and Wnt/β-catenin (W/B) signaling-related molecules (β-catenin, glutamine synthetase) could determine the IHC-based subgroups. For immuno-subtypes categorization, CD3/CD79α double immunohistochemistry was done to evaluate the infiltration of T and B cells. CD34 staining allowed identification of vessels that encapsulated tumor clusters (VETC). Results: Indonesian HCC patients were mostly <60 years old (66%) with a hepatitis B virus (HBV) background (82%), in contrast to Japanese HCC patients (8% and 19%, respectively, both Conclusion: IHC-based analysis more precisely reflected the clinicopathological differences of HCCs in Japan and Indonesia. These findings provide new insights into standardization attempts and HCC heterogeneity among countries.
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