… , secrete abundant extracellular matrix proteins, including collagen I,13 and express
MMP214-16 at high levels. We have recently shown that extracellular matrix deposition induces …

… Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common cancer worldwide and the third …
and issues regarding hepatic stellate cells, extracellular matrix dynamics, liver fibrosis/cirrhosis …

… Although HCC is generally poorly fibrogenic, some tumors harbor focal intratumor
extracellular matrix (ECM) deposits called “fibrous nests.” To date, the molecular …

… Our series comprised 30 hepatocellular carcinomas in cirrhotic livers drawn from patients
surgically resected at Bologna University between 1984 and 1986. All patients had complete …

… by a "disorganized" extracellular matrix (ECM) that sensitizes cancer cells toward mechanical
stress, signaling, and structural alterations. In hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), lack of …

… progression of hepatocellular carcinoma. On the one hand, extracellular matrix provides the
… proliferation, differentiation and metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma. On the other hand, …

… extracellular matrix (ECM) in modulating the progression of residual hepatocellular carcinoma
… the local tissue microenvironment such as extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins. Besides …

… key extracellular matrix collagens, glycoproteins, and proteoglycans in hepatocellular
carcinoma… This analysis also reveals alternative expression of extracellular matrix gene transcript …

… Extracellular matrix protein 1 (ECM1) is a glycoprotein involved in a number of biologic
processes. To investigate the expression of ECM1 in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and …

… of the extracellular matrix, and compared their localization patterns in relation to the grade
of tumor differentiation and the histological pattern of hepatocellular carcinoma. Type I, III, and …