Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma that die during the first year of liver transplantation have high blood sFasL concentrations

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BACKGROUND: Fas ligand (FasL) is one ligand that activates extrinsic apoptosis pathway. High expression in lymphocytes of FasL have been found in patients with acute rejection of liver transplantation (LT). No high blood concentrations of soluble FasL (sFasL) have been found in patients with acute LT rejection; however, the samples size of those studies was small.

AIM: To determine whether patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) that dead during the first year of LT have higher blood sFasL concentrations previously to LT that those who that remain alive in a study of higher sample size.

METHODS: Patients underwent LT due to HCC were included in this retrospective study. Serum sFasL levels prior to LT were measured and one-year LT mortality was registered.

RESULTS: Non-surviving patients (n = 14) showed higher serum sFasL levels [477 (269-496) vs 85 (44-382) pg/mL; P < 0.001] than surviving patients (n = 113). Serum sFasL levels (pg/mL) were associated with mortality (OR = 1.006; 95%CI = 1.003-1.010; P = 0.001) independently of age of LT donor in the logistic regression analysis.

CONCLUSION: We report for the first time that HCC patients who die within the first year of HT have higher blood sFasL concentrations prior to HT than those who remain alive.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

World journal of clinical cases - 11(2023), 8 vom: 16. März, Seite 1753-1760

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lorente, Leonardo [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez, Sergio T [VerfasserIn]
Sanz, Pablo [VerfasserIn]
González-Rivero, Agustín F [VerfasserIn]
Pérez-Cejas, Antonia [VerfasserIn]
Padilla, Javier [VerfasserIn]
Díaz, Dácil [VerfasserIn]
González, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Martín, María M [VerfasserIn]
Jiménez, Alejandro [VerfasserIn]
Cerro, Purificación [VerfasserIn]
Portero, Julián [VerfasserIn]
Barrera, Manuel A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Hepatocellular carcinoma
Journal Article
Liver transplantation
Mortality
Outcome
SFasL

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Date Revised 28.03.2023

published: Print

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.12998/wjcc.v11.i8.1753

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NLM354750720