Alcoholic Liver Disease Accelerates Early Hepatocellular Cancer in a Mouse Model
1Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA. Gyongyi.Szabo@umassmed.edu.
Abstract:
HCC is a rapidly increasing cancer worldwide. Most HCC rises in the setting of chronic and advanced liver disease caused by viral hepatitis, alcohol use, non-alcoholic liver disease or their combination. We found that in the mouse model, alcohol alone does not induce HCC, however, it can promote HCC development after a carcinogen exposure. Multiple mechanisms are involved in carcinogenesis and alcohol affects many of those including epithelial-mesenchymal transition, cancer stem marker expression and inflammation as evidenced in our HCC model.
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