Cancer Letters
Volume 224, Issue 1 , Pages 67-80, 16 June 2005

Remission of hepatocellular carcinoma with arginine depletion induced by systemic release of endogenous hepatic arginase due to transhepatic arterial embolisation, augmented by high-dose insulin: arginase as a potential drug candidate for hepatocellular carcinoma

  • P.N.M. Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
    • The Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. Tel.: +852 28686813; fax: +852 28453906.
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  • Y.C. Leung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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  • W.H. Lo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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  • S.M. Tsui

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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  • K.C. Lam

      Affiliations

    • The Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China

Received 2 September 2004; accepted 20 October 2004.

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PII: S0304-3835(04)00879-1

doi:10.1016/j.canlet.2004.10.050

Cancer Letters
Volume 224, Issue 1 , Pages 67-80, 16 June 2005