Hepatitis B virus X protein specially regulates the sialyl lewis a synthesis among glycosylation events for metastasis

Table 1 The relationship between HBx and SLX/A in HCC patients

Patient No.	Sex	Virus	HBs antigen	HBx expression	Outcome	SLX	SLA
	(Age)					SLX expression	SLA expression
1	M (63)	-	-	-	HCC	+	+
2	M (57)	HBV	+	-	HCC	+++	++
3	M (55)	HBV	+	-	HCC	++	+
4	M (44)	HBV	+	+	HCC	++	+++
5	M (55)	HBV	+	+	HCC	+++	++
6	M (62)	HBV	+	+	HCC	+++	+++
7	F (56)	HBV	+	+	HCC	++	++
8	M (59)	-	-	-	Cirrhosis/HCC	+	-
9	M (46)	HBV	+	+	HCC	++	+++
10	M (62)	-	-	-	HCC	++	+
11	M (49)	-	-	-	HCC	++	+

Results of SLX and SLA expression detected by immunohistochemistry are given according to the distribution of positive hepatocytes in cancer region: -, no staining; +, weak staining (<5% hepatocytes); ++, strong staining (>5% ~ <20% hepatocytes); +++, very strong staining (>20% hepatocytes). M, male; F, female; -, no detection; ×, no expression; O, expression.

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