Table 2.
Detection of galectin-9 in liver specimens from infected (HCV, HBV) or non-infected patients
|
Patient |
Gender/Age Medical History |
Viral diagnosis |
Histological diagnosis |
Galectin-9 staining |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leucocytes or related cells | Hepatocytes | ||||
|
1 |
M/54 |
Chronic HCV infection |
HCV cirrhosis with transformed foci |
- |
+ + |
| |
Alcoholism |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
M/66 |
Chronic HCV infection |
Micronodular cirrhosis associated to a carcinoma |
+ + (aspect of Kupffer cells) |
+ + |
| |
Alcoholism |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
M/61 |
Chronic HCV infection |
Micronodular cirrhosis with transformed foci |
+ |
+ |
|
4 |
M/67 |
Chronic HBV infection |
Macronodular cirrhosis associated to a carcinoma |
+ |
+ |
|
5 |
M/50 |
Chronic HBV infection |
Hepatic fibrosis associated to a carcinoma |
+ + |
+ + |
|
6 |
M/30 |
Chronic HBV infection |
Liver tissue with minimal lesions next to a non-malignant nodule (focal nodular hyperplasia) |
+ |
+ + |
|
7 |
F/32 |
No infection |
Normal liver tissue next to a non-malignant nodule (focal nodular hyperplasia) |
- |
- |
|
8 |
F/20 |
No infection |
Normal liver tissue next to an adenoma |
- |
- |
| 9 | F/28 | No infection | Normal liver tissue next to an adenoma (with steatosis) | - | - |
++ : homogeneous galectin-9 staining, + : mild or scattered galectin-9 staining, - : absence of galectin-9 staining.