Guoqian Liu, Mengwei Li, Zimei Zeng, Qi Fan, Xinxin Ren, Zhexin Wang, Yaoqi Sun, Yulin He, Lunquan Sun, Yuezhen Deng, Shupeng Liu, Chenxi Zhong, Jie Gao
The alteration of metabolic processes has been found to have significant impacts on the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Nevertheless, the effects of dysfunction of tyrosine metabolism on the development of HCC remains to be discovered. This research demonstrated that tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), which responsible for the initial and limiting step in the bio-generation of the neuro-transmitters dopamine and adrenaline, et al. was shown to be reduced in HCC. Increased expression of TH was found facilitates the survival of HCC patients...
April 12, 2024: European Journal of Medical Research