Abstract
Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein that stabilizes telomeres and allows unlimited cell division. It has been reported that most cancer cells evince reactivated telomerase. We examined telomerase activity in 29 patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by a polymerase chain reaction-based semiquantitative assay. Of 24 HCCs, telomerase activity was positive in 23 (95.8%), of which 16 showed strong activity. In 11 well differentiated HCCs, telomerase activity was strong in 5, weak in 5, and undetected in 1 and in 13 moderately differentiated HCCs, it was strong in 11 and weak in 2. Five of 6 HCCs less than 2 cm in diameter expressed strong telomerase activity, while weak telomerase activity was detected in 7 of 19 (36.8%) resected noncancerous liver tissues from the HCC patients. Five of these 7 patients (71%) manifested recurrence within 6 months after surgery. The recurrence rate in these patients whose noncancerous liver tissue was positive for telomerase activity was significantly higher than that in patients in whom it was negative (P = 0.017). These results suggest that the presence of telomerase activity may be a useful diagnostic marker of HCC, regardless of tumor size, and that its detection in resected noncancerous liv...Continue Reading
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