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In addition, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TSC2<\/jats:styled-content> may act in concert with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">W<\/jats:styled-content>nt and energy signals by additional phosphorylation of glycogen synthase kinase 3\u03b2 (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GSK3\u03b2<\/jats:styled-content>) to regulate cell growth. The expression levels and function of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TSC2<\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GSK3\u03b2<\/jats:styled-content> in hepatocellular carcinoma (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HCC<\/jats:styled-content>) remain unclear.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The protein levels of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TSC2<\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GSK3\u03b2<\/jats:styled-content> were measured by immunohistochemistry in normal liver (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200920), <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HCC<\/jats:styled-content> (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200980) and pericancerous tissues (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200980). The correlations between <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TSC2<\/jats:styled-content>, and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GSK3\u03b2<\/jats:styled-content> levels, clinicopathological features and patient survival were also analyzed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The protein levels of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TSC2<\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GSK3\u03b2<\/jats:styled-content> in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HCC<\/jats:styled-content> tissues were significantly lower than that in normal liver tissues and pericancerous tissues (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05). Decreased <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TSC2<\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GSK3\u03b2<\/jats:styled-content> expression was found to be significantly correlated with advanced clinicopathological characteristics and poor prognosis. The results also showed that <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TSC2<\/jats:styled-content> protein levels were associated with <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GSK3\u03b2<\/jats:styled-content> expression in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HCC<\/jats:styled-content> specimens.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This is the first demonstration that the decreases in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">TSC2<\/jats:styled-content> and <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">GSK3\u03b2<\/jats:styled-content> levels may be associated with vascular invasion, histological grade and tumor\u2013node\u2013metastasis classification.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/hepr.12256","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,10,12]],"date-time":"2013-10-12T01:58:00Z","timestamp":1381543080000},"page":"1142-1150","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Correlation between tuberous sclerosis 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