Angiogenesis and proliferation markers in adjacent cirrhotic tissue could predict hepatocellular carcinoma outcome after liver transplantation
Resumen: Introduction
The current staging systems for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) do not sufficiently predict outcomes after liver transplantation (LT). The present study assessed whether some tissue markers related to proliferation and angiogenesis have prognostic value.

Patients and methods
The expression of CD34, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), VEGFR2, VEGFR1, angiopoietin-1, angiopoietin-2, TIE2, COX-2, and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in tumor and adjacent cirrhotic tissue samples from 36 patients with HCC (n=10 with tumor recurrence after LT) was determined by immunochemistry. Microvessel density was assessed by CD34 staining and the PCNA labeling index calculated as the percentage of positive cells among at least 1000 hepatocyte nuclei studied in each sample using the computer program ContimUZ. VEGF, VEGFR2, VEGFR-1, angiopoietin-1, angiopoietin-2, TIE2, and COX-2 staining were evaluated by two blinded pathologists. The tumor recurrence rate was analyzed after a minimum follow-up of 36 months.

Results
A higher proliferation index in both tumor and adjacent cirrhotic tissue was related to HCC recurrence. The proliferation index in tumor tissue was also related to microvascular invasion. High expression (staining in ≥50% of hepatocytes) of COX2 [P=0.025, odds ratio (OR)=7.5, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.3–43.4], VEGF (P=0.01, OR=12, 95% CI 1.8–80.4), and its receptor VEGFR-2 (P=0.02, OR=8.5, 95% CI 1.4–49.5) in cirrhotic liver tissue, but not tumor tissue, was related to HCC recurrence after LT.

Conclusion
A high proliferation index in tumor and cirrhotic tissue and high expression levels of some angiogenic markers in adjacent cirrhotic tissue could be predictive of tumor recurrence after LT.

Idioma: Inglés
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000000131
Año: 2014
Publicado en: European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 26, 8 (2014), 871-879
ISSN: 0954-691X

Factor impacto JCR: 2.253 (2014)
Categ. JCR: GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY rank: 47 / 76 = 0.618 (2014) - Q3 - T2
Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)
Área (Departamento): Area Histología (Dpto. Anatom.Histolog.Humanas)
Área (Departamento): Área Fisiología (Dpto. Farmacología y Fisiolog.)
Área (Departamento): Area Medicina (Dpto. Medicina, Psiqu. y Derm.)
Área (Departamento): Área Cirugía (Dpto. Cirugía,Ginecol.Obstetr.)
Área (Departamento): Area Anatomía Patológica (Dpto. Anat.Pat.Med.Leg.For.To.)

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