Hepatocellular Cancer
Reports on hepatocellular cancer findings from Medical University of Vienna, Department of Medicine I provide new insights
Published in Clinical Oncology Week, July 7th, 2008
Research findings, 'Activins and activin antagonists in hepatocellular carcinoma,' are discussed in a new report. According to recent research from Vienna, Austria, "In many parts of the world hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is among the leading causes of cancer-related mortality but the underlying molecular pathology is still insufficiently understood. There is increasing evidence that activins, which are members of the transforming growth factor beta (TGFbeta) superfamily of growth and differentiation factors, could play important roles in liver carcinogenesis."
"Activins are disulphide-linked homo-or heterodimers formed from four different beta subunits termed betaA,...
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