Study of Serum Soluble Programmed Death Ligand 1 as a Prognostic Factor in Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Egyptian Patients

• Published in: Current cancer drug targets Vol. 19; no. 11; p. 896
• Main Authors: El-Gebaly, Fatma, Abou-Saif, Sabry, Elkadeem, Mahmoud, Helmy, Amal, Abd-Elsalam, Sherief, Yousef, Mohamed, Elkhouly, Reham Abdelkader, Amer, Ibrahim Fathi, El-Demerdash, Taher
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands 01.01.2019
• Subjects: Programmed cell death ligand-1; metastasis; antitumor immunity; prognosis; tumor; hepatocellular carcinoma

The expression of programmed cell death ligands on tumor cells has a role in the suppression of antitumor immunity, resulting in tumor immune evasion. In this study, we evaluated the prognostic value of the soluble form of programmed death-ligand1 (sPD-L1) in Egyptian hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)...