My note on paper: Reversing effect of ring finger protein 43 inhibition on malignant phenotypes of human hepatocellular carcinoma
Paper: Reversing effect of ring finger protein 43 inhibition on malignant phenotypes of human hepatocellular carcinoma (doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-12-0672) Abstract: Gap- role of RNF43 in hepatocellular carcinoma is unk RNF43 is overexpressed in HCC and correlate *vascular invasion *poor tumor differentiation *advanced tumor stage Functional study (knock down): *induce apoptosis *inhibit proliferation *inhibit invasion *inhibit proliferation *inhibit colony formation *inhibit xerograft growth Microarray results: *229 genes different between KD and Vector *analysis of 229 genes involves many cellular process: -- cell proliferation -- cell adhesion -- cell motility -- cell death -- DNA repair -- etc. Suggested therapy: since RNF43 is related to tumorigenesis, it could be the drug target to treat HCC ---- Gap: there is the study of RNF43 on the colorectal cancer but not HCC ---- Finding: 1. RNF43 is highly expressed in the HCC and related to p...