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Clinical significance of mechanistic target of rapamycin expression in vessels that encapsulate tumor cluster‐positive hepatocellular carcinoma patients who have undergone living donor liver transplantation
- Source :
- Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 163-171 (2024)
- Publication Year :
- 2024
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2024.
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Abstract
- Abstract Background There is limited published information regarding the expression of mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) in vessels that encapsulate tumor cluster (VETC)‐positive hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The mTOR inhibitor, everolimus, has been approved as an immunosuppressant for use in HCC patients after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Methods Using a database of 214 patients who underwent LDLT for HCC, we examined the mTOR protein and angiopoietin‐2 (Ang‐2) in VETC‐positive HCC by immunohistochemical staining. The presence of VETC and mTOR expression were evaluated in both primary and recurrent HCC lesions. Results Forty‐three of the 214 patients (20.1%) were VETC‐positive, and 29 of these 43 patients (67.4%) expressed mTOR. Relative Ang‐2 expression was significantly higher in the mTOR‐positive than in the mTOR‐negative group (p = 0.037). Thirty‐four of the 214 patients experienced HCC recurrence after LDLT; 20 of these were operable. The primary lesions of six of these 20 patients were VETC‐positive; five of these six patients also had VETC‐positive recurrent lesions (p
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 24750328
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.0ce43220421d49d6a9daa9314c07506e
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ags3.12735