2017
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Metastasis and Circulating Tumor Cells
Pham K, Delitto D, Liu C. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Metastasis and Circulating Tumor Cells. Molecular Pathology Library 2017, 153-173. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-68082-8_9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHepatocellular carcinomaExtent of diseaseCancer cellsAggressive hepatocellular carcinomaHepatocellular carcinoma metastasisCirculating Tumor CellsCurative resectionSystemic treatmentMetastatic lesionsCarcinoma metastasisHCC microenvironmentSecondary tumorsDifferent malignanciesClinical practiceHost stromaHepatic microenvironmentPrimary siteHCC metastasisMetastasisMetastatic processCancer disseminationTumor cellsMetastatic cellsDistant sitesPhysiologic complexity
2013
Epigenetic Upregulation of HGF and c-Met Drives Metastasis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Ogunwobi O, Puszyk W, Dong H, Liu C. Epigenetic Upregulation of HGF and c-Met Drives Metastasis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e63765. PMID: 23723997, PMCID: PMC3665785, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063765.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBase SequenceCarcinogenesisCarcinoma, HepatocellularCell Line, TumorDNA MethylationEpigenesis, GeneticEpithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHepatocyte Growth FactorHumansLiver NeoplasmsMesodermMiceMice, Inbred BALB CModels, BiologicalMolecular Sequence DataNeoplastic Cells, CirculatingPromoter Regions, GeneticProto-Oncogene Proteins c-metUp-RegulationConceptsEpithelial-mesenchymal transitionHepatocyte growth factorExpression of HGFHepatocellular carcinomaC-MetHematogenous disseminationTumor cellsRole of HGFOrthotopic syngeneic modelsMetastatic hepatocellular carcinomaMouse HCC modelC-Met expressionUpregulation of HGFPrimary tumor cellsPromoter demethylationNovel non-invasive approachPotential clinical applicationsPeripheral bloodSyngeneic modelHCC managementDrives metastasisEpigenetic upregulationHCC modelTumor progressionMetastatic potential
2012
Linking DNA Methyltransferases to Epigenetic Marks and Nucleosome Structure Genome-wide in Human Tumor Cells
Jin B, Ernst J, Tiedemann R, Xu H, Sureshchandra S, Kellis M, Dalton S, Liu C, Choi J, Robertson K. Linking DNA Methyltransferases to Epigenetic Marks and Nucleosome Structure Genome-wide in Human Tumor Cells. Cell Reports 2012, 2: 1411-1424. PMID: 23177624, PMCID: PMC3625945, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2012.10.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCarcinoma, EmbryonalCell LineChromatinCpG IslandsDNADNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1DNA (Cytosine-5-)-MethyltransferasesDNA MethylationDNA Methyltransferase 3AEmbryonic Stem CellsEpigenomicsGenes, OverlappingGenetic LociGenome, HumanHCT116 CellsHistonesHumansMaleNucleosomesProtein BindingTesticular NeoplasmsTranscription, GeneticConceptsDNA methylationDNA methyltransferasesDifferentiated stateGenome-wide localizationCancerous stem cellsEpigenetic marksMammalian developmentHistone modificationsNucleosome structureCellular transformationDNA hypermethylationLocalization patternsHuman tumor cellsMethylationDNMTsHuman tumor cell linesTumor cell linesStem cellsMethyltransferasesCancer cellsCell linesLociCellsTumor cellsEpigenome
2011
Cross-Presentation by Host CD8α+dendritic Cells Augments Graft-Versus-Tumor Effect without Aggravating Graft-Versus-Host Disease After Allogeneic BMT
Toubai T, Sun Y, Tawara I, Liu C, Reddy P. Cross-Presentation by Host CD8α+dendritic Cells Augments Graft-Versus-Tumor Effect without Aggravating Graft-Versus-Host Disease After Allogeneic BMT. Blood 2011, 118: 310. DOI: 10.1182/blood.v118.21.310.310.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAntigen presenting cellsTumor-specific antigensProfessional antigen presenting cellsGVT responseAllogeneic animalsGraft-VersusSyngeneic B6APC subsetsTumor cellsPoly IToll-like receptor 3Induction of GVHDGVHD target organsWild-type B6Acute GVHDAllo-BMTCD8α- DCsAllogeneic BMTGVHD modelGVHD severityGVT effectHost diseaseTumor effectTLR-3Allo-antigen