Figure 2From: Expression of hepcidin mRNA is uniformly suppressed in hepatocellular carcinoma Hepcidin mRNA expression in tumors differing in their degree of differentiation, number of tumors, and vessel invasion. Hepcidin mRNA expression did not differ among (A) well (n = 4), moderately (n = 32), and poorly (n = 4) differentiated carcinoma, (B) patients with 1 (n = 29), 2 (n = 5), 3 (n = 4), and 4 or more (n = 2) HCCs, and (C) negative (n = 31) and positive (n = 9) for vessel invasion.Back to article page