TIMP-3 Expression Associates with Malignant Behaviors and Predicts Favorable Survival in HCC

Xuefeng Gu; Maoying Fu; Yuqin Ding; Huihui Ni; Wei Zhang; Yanfang Zhu; Xiaojun Tang; Lin Xiong; Jiang Li; Liang Qiu; Jiaren Xu; Jin Zhu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0106161

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TIMP-3 Expression Associates with Malignant Behaviors and Predicts Favorable Survival in HCC

Xuefeng Gu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xuefeng Gu, Maoying Fu

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The First People's Hospital of Kunshan Affiliated with Jiangsu University, Suzhou, China
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Maoying Fu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xuefeng Gu, Maoying Fu

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The First People's Hospital of Kunshan Affiliated with Jiangsu University, Suzhou, China
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Yuqin Ding,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The First People's Hospital of Kunshan Affiliated with Jiangsu University, Suzhou, China
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Huihui Ni,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The First People's Hospital of Kunshan Affiliated with Jiangsu University, Suzhou, China
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Wei Zhang,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The First People's Hospital of Kunshan Affiliated with Jiangsu University, Suzhou, China
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Yanfang Zhu,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, The First People's Hospital of Kunshan Affiliated with Jiangsu University, Suzhou, China
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Xiaojun Tang,

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention & Treatment Cancer Center and The Key Laboratory of Antibody Technique of Ministry of Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Lin Xiong,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Jiang Li,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Jiangsu Province Geriatric Institute, Nanjing, China
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Liang Qiu,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Jiangsu Province Geriatric Institute, Nanjing, China
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Jiaren Xu ,

* E-mail: xujiaren@tom.com (JRX); zhujin1968@njmu.edu.cn (JZ)

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Jiangsu Provincial Hospital, Nanjing, China
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Jin Zhu

* E-mail: xujiaren@tom.com (JRX); zhujin1968@njmu.edu.cn (JZ)

Affiliations The Key Laboratory of Cancer Biomarkers, Prevention & Treatment Cancer Center and The Key Laboratory of Antibody Technique of Ministry of Health, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Huadong Medical Institute of Biotechniques, Nanjing, China
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TIMP-3 Expression Associates with Malignant Behaviors and Predicts Favorable Survival in HCC

Xuefeng Gu,
Maoying Fu,
Yuqin Ding,
Huihui Ni,
Wei Zhang,
Yanfang Zhu,
Xiaojun Tang,
Lin Xiong,
Jiang Li,
Liang Qiu

Published: August 29, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106161

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