Liver Cancer
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2003.
World J Gastroenterol. Sep 15, 2003; 9(9): 1946-1949
Published online Sep 15, 2003. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v9.i9.1946
Table 1 Kupffer cell number in different tissue types
Tissue typenKupffer cell number (-x±s)
Cancerous tissue4812.7 ± 6.8
Para-cancerous tissue4818.1 ± 8.2a
Adjacent normal liver tissue4818.9 ± 7.9b
Table 2 Realationship between Kupffer cell number, tumor size, and differentiation degree
nKupffer cell number (-x±s)
Tumor size (diameter)
< 3 cm1217.4 ± 4.8a
3-5 cm1712.5 ± 6.3a
> 5 cm197.9 ± 5.8a
Differentiation degree
Well-differentiated1118.4 ± 4.2b
Moderately-differentiated2011.2 ± 6.2b
Poorly-differentiated175.2 ± 4.9b