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Title: Why Liver Cancer Is More Prevalent In Males Than In Females
Post by: LostInTime on July 06, 2007, 08:20:40 AM
Post by: LostInTime on July 06, 2007, 08:20:40 AM
Medical News Today (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=76083)
Main Category: Liver Disease / Hepatitis News
Article Date: 06 Jul 2007 - 0:00 PDT
Production of a protein that promotes inflammation appears to be linked to the higher incidence of liver cancer in men than in women, researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have determined in mouse studies. Their discovery that female mice produce far less of the protein called interleukin-6 (IL-6) in response to liver injury than males do, and that production of this protein is suppressed by estrogen, may point the way to therapies to reduce the incidence of liver cancer in males. IL-6 contributes to the chronic liver inflammation that leads to cancer.
Main Category: Liver Disease / Hepatitis News
Article Date: 06 Jul 2007 - 0:00 PDT
Production of a protein that promotes inflammation appears to be linked to the higher incidence of liver cancer in men than in women, researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have determined in mouse studies. Their discovery that female mice produce far less of the protein called interleukin-6 (IL-6) in response to liver injury than males do, and that production of this protein is suppressed by estrogen, may point the way to therapies to reduce the incidence of liver cancer in males. IL-6 contributes to the chronic liver inflammation that leads to cancer.