Higher LPA2 and LPA6 mRNA Levels in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Are Associated with Poorer Differentiation, Microvascular Invasion and Earlier Recurrence with Higher Serum Autotaxin Levels

• Kenichiro Enooku ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kenichiro Enooku, Baasanjav Uranbileg

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Baasanjav Uranbileg ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kenichiro Enooku, Baasanjav Uranbileg

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hitoshi Ikeda ,

  * E-mail: ikeda-1im@h.u-tokyo.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Makoto Kurano,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Masaya Sato,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hiroki Kudo,

  Affiliation Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Harufumi Maki,

  Affiliation Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kazuhiko Koike,

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kiyoshi Hasegawa,

  Affiliation Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Norihiro Kokudo,

  Affiliation Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yutaka Yatomi

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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