Lin28B Is an Oncofetal Circulating Cancer Stem Cell-Like Marker Associated with Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

• Shu-Wen Cheng ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shu-Wen Cheng, Hung-Wen Tsai

  Affiliation Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Hung-Wen Tsai ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shu-Wen Cheng, Hung-Wen Tsai

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Infectious Disease and Signaling Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Yih-Jyh Lin ,

  ¶ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Pin-Nan Cheng ,

  ¶ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Infectious Disease and Signaling Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Yu-Chung Chang,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Chia-Jui Yen,

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Hsuan-Pang Huang,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Yun-Pei Chuang,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Ting-Tsung Chang,

  Affiliations Infectious Disease and Signaling Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Chung-Ta Lee,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Anning Chao,

  Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou and Taipei, Taiwan, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

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• Cheng-Yang Chou,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Shih-Huang Chan,

  Affiliation Department of Statistics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan,

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• Nan-Haw Chow,

  Affiliations Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Chung-Liang Ho

  * E-mail: clh9@mail.ncku.edu.tw

  Affiliations Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Infectious Disease and Signaling Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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