The risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) increases with the severity of hepatic inflammation.
OBJECTIVES : To study the changes of cellular immunity function in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and its correlation with disease severity.
AIM : The aim of this study is to assess the poly ADP-ribosylation activity in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and in liver cirrhosis (LC) as compared to the activity in normal livers (NL).
Poly (adenosine 5 ' - diphosphate ribose) (poly (ADP-ribose)) is spontaneously ADP-ribosylated when it is incubated with nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide , especially in 0.5 M NaCl and at an alkaline pH..