TY - BOOK AU - Shaimaa Mohamed Mehany AU - Ahmed Mahmoud Abdelhadi , AU - Azza Mahmoud Gawish , TI - The role of glucose transporter-1 (GLUT-1) in promoting hepatocellular carcinoma versus cirrhosis in Egyptian patients / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Shaimaa Mohamed Mehany , KW - Glucose transporter isoform 1-GLUT1 KW - Hepatocellular carcinoma-HCC KW - Liver cirrhosis-LC N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Science - Department of Zoology; Issued also as CD N2 - Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary malignant tumor of the liver and one of the most common tumors worldwide liver cirrhosis is the main predisposing condition, Chronic HCV infection is a major risk factor for the development of human hepatocellular carcinoma. The glucose transporter isoform 1 (GLUT1, also known as SLC2A1; MIM no. 138140) is akey rate-limiting factor in the transport and metabolism of glucose in cancer cells ER -