Research Article Details

Article ID: A32371
PMID: 28616586
Source: Mol Cell Oncol
Title: The autotaxin-lysophosphatidic acid pathway emerges as a therapeutic target to prevent liver cancer.
Abstract: Using transcriptome meta-analysis, we recently identified the autotaxin (ATX)-lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) pathway as a regulator of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) risk in human cirrhosis patients. Pharmacological targeting of this pathway reduced fibrosis progression and HCC development in animals, identifying ATX-LPA signaling as a novel chemoprevention strategy for cirrhosis and HCC.
DOI: 10.1080/23723556.2017.1311827