Chronic inflammation-elicited liver progenitor cell conversion to liver cancer stem cell with clinical significance.
Xiao-Feng LiCheng ChenDai-Min XiangLe QuWen SunXin-Yuan LuTeng-Fei ZhouShu-Zhen ChenBei-Fang NingZhuo ChengMing-Yang XiaWei-Feng ShenWen YangWen WenTerence Kin-Wah LeeWen-Ming CongHong-Yang WangJin DingPublished in: Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) (2017)
Our results not only clarify the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the inflammation-mediated LCSC generation but also provide a molecular classification for the individualized treatment of liver cancer. (Hepatology 2017;66:1934-1951).