Raúl González, Ángel J De la Rosa, Alessandro Rufini, María A Rodríguez-Hernández, Elena Navarro-Villarán, Trinidad Marchal, Sheila Pereira, Manuel De la Mata, Martina Müller-Schilling, Juan M Pascasio-Acevedo, María T Ferrer-Ríos, Miguel A Gómez-Bravo, Francisco J Padillo, Jordi Muntané
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) submitted to orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) have a variable 5-year survival rate limited mostly by tumor recurrence. The etiology, age, sex, alcohol, Child-Pugh, and the immunesuppressor have been associated with tumour recurrence. The expression of ΔNp73 is related to the reduced survival of patients with HCC. The study evaluated the expression of p63 and p73 isoforms and cell death receptors, and their relation to tumour recurrence and survival...
2017: PloS One