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Article Navigation >  Journal of Clinical Hepatology  > 2022  >  38(3): 688-692

Mechanism of action and clinical significance of hypoxia-inducible factors in hepatocellular carcinoma

DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2022.03.040
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    Key Laboratory of Applied Basic Research of Guangxi Zhuang Medicine, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530200, China

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    Department of Medicine, Hubei Minzu University, Enshi, Hubei 445000, China

Research funding:

Guangxi Medical High Level Backbone Personnel Training "139" Program Funding Project (GWKJF〔2020〕No.15);

Key Laboratory of Applied Basic Research of Zhuang Medicine of Guangxi Health Committee (Guangxi University of traditional Chinese Medicine) (GWKJF〔2020〕No.17);

"Qi Huang Project" High Level Talent Team Cultivation Project of Guangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (2021003);

Guangxi First Class Discipline of Traditional Chinese Medicine (GJKS〔2018〕No.12)

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  • Corresponding author: PANG Yuzhou, pangyz422@sina.com(ORCID: 0000-0003-4410-5050)
  • Received Date: 2021-07-22
  • Accepted Date: 2021-08-12
  • Published Date: 2022-03-20
    Abstract
  • Due to the rapid proliferation and growth of tumor cells, hypoxic microenvironment exists in many solid tumors, and hypoxia inducible factors (HIF) are critical for sensing oxygen tension within tumors and subsequently mediating the activation of hypoxia responses. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most hypoxic tumors. This article summarizes the mechanism of action of HIF in promoting the development and progression of HCC by promoting glycolysis, angiogenesis, invasion and metastasis, immune escape, and cancer stem cell formation. At present, the development of targeted drugs for HIF inhibitors has broad prospects in the treatment of HCC, and the detection of HIF also has a potential value in prognostic evaluation HCC.

     

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