Abstract：
:Obesity-related metabolic abnormalities, including adipokine imbalance and chronic inflammation, are involved in liver carcinogenesis. Chemerin, a novel adipokine, plays a critical role in adipogenesis, energy metabolism, and inflammation. We evaluated the impact of serum chemerin levels on liver functional reserves in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients and on the recurrence and prognosis of HCC. This study included 44 patients with any stage of HCC who underwent curative treatment at Gifu Municipal Hospital (Gifu, Japan) between 2006 and 2007. Recurrence-free survival and overall survival were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Serum albumin levels (Pearson's correlation coefficient; r = 0.3110, p = 0.0399), platelet counts (r = 0.4159, p = 0.0050), and prothrombin times (r = 0.3775, p = 0.0115) were significantly correlated with serum chemerin levels in patients with HCC, and they were inversely correlated with Child-Pugh scores (r = -0.3732, p = 0.0126), serum alanine aminotransferase levels (r = -0.3864, p = 0.0105), and total bilirubin levels (r = -0.4023, p = 0.0068). Among these variables, a multiple comparison test identified that platelet counts and total bilirubin levels were associated with serum chemerin levels (p < 0.0083). No significant correlation was found between serum chemerin levels and recurrence-free survival (p = 0.3691) or overall survival (p = 0.7916). In HCC patients, serum chemerin concentrations were correlated with liver functional reserves and platelet counts, but not with recurrence or prognosis.
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Int J Mol Scijournal_title
International journal of molecular sciencesauthors
Imai K,Takai K,Hanai T,Shiraki M,Suzuki Y,Hayashi H,Naiki T,Nishigaki Y,Tomita E,Shimizu M,Moriwaki Hdoi
10.3390/ijms150711294subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-06-25 00:00:00pages
11294-306issue
7issn
1422-0067pii
ijms150711294journal_volume
15pub_type
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