Thirty-nine cases of HCC patients newly diagnosed by pathological examination at Lishui People's Hospital were included in this study. HCC tissues and matched non-cancer tissues were collected by surgery, and embedded in paraffin for further immunohistochemical (IHC) analysis with Ki67 (ab16667, Abcam, Cambridge, MA, USA) as described previously [20]. For tissue morphology analysis, the hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining was conducted. All samples were stored at -80°C until used. All subjects had provided written informed consent, and this work was approved by the Ethics Committee of Lishui People's Hospital.
1.2Tumor xenograft assayThis study was conducted strictly in line with the guidelines of Animal Care and Use Committee of Lishui People's Hospital.
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