Pang, Pei Shin. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-109). / Abstract also in Chinese. / Acknowledgement --- p.i / Abstract (English) --- p.ii / Abstract (Chinese) --- p.iv / Table of Content --- p.vi / List of Figures --- p.x / List of Tables --- p.xiii / Abbreviations --- p.xiv / Chapter CHAPTER ONE: --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Incidence --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- Etiological Factors --- p.7 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Viral Hepatitis Infection --- p.7 / Chapter 1.2.1.1 --- Hepatitis B Virus --- p.10 / Chapter 1.2.1.2 --- Hepatitis C Virus --- p.11 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Cirrhosis and Chronic Inflammation --- p.14 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- Dietary Aflatoxin Contamination --- p.16 / Chapter 1.2.4 --- Obesity --- p.16 / Chapter 1.3 --- Genomic Aberrations of HCC --- p.17 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- Chromosomal Imbalances --- p.17 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- Candidate Tumour Suppressor Genes and Oncogenes in HCC --- p.18 / Chapter 1.3.2.1 --- Chr 1q21-q22 gain --- p.18 / Chapter 1.3.2.2 --- Chr 8p21-p23 loss and 8q21-q24 gain --- p.18 / Chapter 1.3.2.3 --- Chr 13ql2-ql4 loss --- p.19 / Chapter 1.3.2.4 --- Chr 17pl3 loss --- p.20 / Chapter 1.3.3 --- Chromosomal Rearrangement --- p.21 / Chapter 1.4 --- Cell Lines as In-vitro Study Models --- p.22 / Chapter 1.5 --- Aim of study --- p.23 / Chapter 1.5.1 --- Objectives --- p.24 / Chapter CHAPTER TWO: --- MATERIALS AND METHODS --- p.25 / Chapter 2.1 --- Materials --- p.26 / Chapter 2.2 --- Cell Lines and Cell Culture --- p.29 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Cell Lines --- p.29 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Cell Culture --- p.29 / Chapter 2.3 --- Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) --- p.30 / Chapter 2.4 --- Spectral Karyotyping (SKY) --- p.31 / Chapter 2.5 --- Expression Profiling --- p.34 / Chapter 2.6 --- Functional Investigations --- p.37 / Chapter 2.6.1 --- Growth Kinetics --- p.37 / Chapter 2.6.2 --- Cytotoxic Assay --- p.38 / Chapter CHAPTER THREE: --- RESULTS --- p.39 / Chapter 3.1 --- Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis --- p.40 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Comparative Genomic Hybridization (CGH) --- p.40 / Chapter 3.1.1.1 --- Introduction --- p.40 / Chapter 3.1.1.2 --- CGH Results --- p.41 / Chapter 3.1.1.3 --- Clustering Analysis of CGH Data --- p.49 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Spectral Karyotyping (SKY) --- p.51 / Chapter 3.1.2.1 --- Introduction --- p.51 / Chapter 3.1.2.2 --- Ploidy Status --- p.51 / Chapter 3.1.2.3 --- Structural Rearrangements --- p.54 / Chapter 3.1.2.4 --- Chromosomes Susceptible to Further Rearrangements --- p.63 / Chapter 3.1.2.5 --- Maintained Common HCC Translocations --- p.65 / Chapter 3.2 --- Expression Profiling --- p.67 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Introduction --- p.67 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Gene Expression Profiling --- p.69 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- The Ontologies of Deregulated Genes --- p.71 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- Maintained Biological Pathways --- p.74 / Chapter 3.3 --- Functional Investigation --- p.76 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Introduction --- p.76 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Cell Morphology --- p.76 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Growth Kinetics --- p.79 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Cytotoxic Assay --- p.83 / Chapter CHAPTER FOUR: --- DISCUSSION --- p.86 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.87 / Chapter 4.2 --- Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis --- p.87 / Chapter 4.3 --- Expression Profiling --- p.91 / Chapter 4.4 --- Conclusion --- p.94 / REFERENCES --- p.95
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_326922 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Contributors | Pang, Pei Shin., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, xv, 109 leaves : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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