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JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY
卷 40, 期 2, 页码 298-304出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2003.10.023
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intermediate carcinoma; hepatocellular carcinoma; cholangiocarcinoma; combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma; c-kit; progenitor cell; hepatocyte; cholangiocyte
Background/Aims: Recent evidence of hepatic progenitor cells with the bipotential to differentiate into hepatocytes and cholangiocytes gives rise to the suggestion that primary hepatic carcinomas with features intermediate between hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CC) may originate from hepatic progenitor cells. Methods: Fifty-four cases of primary liver carcinomas were selected and an immunohistochernical analysis was performed using hepatocytic markers (alpha-fetoprotein, hepatocyte), cholangiocytic markers (carcinoembryonic antigen, cytokeratin 19) and progenitor cell marker (c-kit). Results: Thirteen cases designated 'intermediate' carcinomas demonstrated strands/trabeculae of small, uniform, round-to-oval cells with scanty cytoplasm and hyperchromatic nuclei embedded within a thick desmoplastic stroma. Six were designated transitional type combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma (CHC). Ten were named HCC small cell type, demonstrating similar features to typical HCC, but composed of smaller cells. Simultaneous expression of hepatocytic and cholangiocytic markers was demonstrated in 8/13 (61.5%), 4/6 (66.7%), and 3110 (30%) cases of intermediate carcinomas, transitional CHCs, and HCC small cell type, respectively, and c-kit expression was noted in 10113 (76.9%), 4/6 (66.7%) and 7/10 (70%) cases, in the same order. Conclusions: Intermediate carcinoma may be a distinct type of primary liver carcinoma, morphologically and phenotypically intermediate between HCC and CC, which originates from transformed hepatic progenitor cells. (C) 2003 European Association for the Study of the Liver. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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