Liliana Livia Paslaru

Prof. Dr. Liliana Livia Paslaru


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Academic Career Length

20Years (2007-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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24 June 2011
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ANA Nastase
A Nastase
LPLiliana Livia Paslaru
Liliana Livia Paslaru
ANA M Niculescu
A M Niculescu
MIM Ionescu
M Ionescu
TDT Dumitraşcu
T Dumitraşcu
IPIrinel Popescu
Irinel Popescu

7 December 2022 in Medicina
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LPLiliana Livia Paslaru
Liliana Livia Paslaru
GBGabriela Bindea
Gabriela Bindea
ANAnca Nastase
Anca Nastase
ASAndrei Sorop
Andrei Sorop
CZCristian ZIMBRU
Cristian ZIMBRU
IPIrinel Popescu
Irinel Popescu
Background and Objectives: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of primary liver cancer, is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality. It arises and progresses against fibrotic or cirrhotic backgrounds mainly due to infection with hepatitis viruses B (HBV) or C (HCV) or non-viral causes that lead to chronic inflammation and genomic changes. A better understanding of molecular and immune mechanisms in HCC subtypes is needed. Materials and Methods: To identify transcriptional changes in primary HCC tumors with or without hepatitis viral etiology, we analyzed the transcriptomes of 24 patients by next-generation sequencing. Results: We identified common and unique differentially expressed genes for each etiological tumor group and analyzed the expression of SLC, ATP binding cassette, cytochrome 450, cancer testis, and heat shock protein genes. Metascape functional enrichment analysis showed mainly upregulated cell-cycle pathways in HBV and HCV and upregulated cell response to stress in non-viral infection. GeneWalk analysis identified regulator, hub, and moonlighting genes and highlighted CCNB1, ACTN2, BRCA1, IGF1, CDK1, AURKA, AURKB, and TOP2A in the HCV group and HSF1, HSPA1A, HSP90AA1, HSPB1, HSPA5, PTK2, and AURKB in the group without viral infection as hub genes. Immune infiltrate analysis showed that T cell, cytotoxic, and natural killer cell markers were significantly more highly expressed in HCV than in non-viral tumors. Genes associated with monocyte activation had the highest expression levels in HBV, while high expression of genes involved in primary adaptive immune response and complement receptor activity characterized tumors without viral infection. Conclusions: Our comprehensive study underlines the high degree of complexity of immune profiles in the analyzed groups, which adds to the heterogeneous HCC genomic landscape. The biomarkers identified in each HCC group might serve as therapeutic targets.

1 March 2007 in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
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LPLiliana Livia Paslaru
Liliana Livia Paslaru
SDSean Davidson
Sean Davidson
IPIrinel Popescu
Irinel Popescu
MMMichel Morange
Michel Morange

1 October 2012 in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics
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SCS. Comorosan
S. Comorosan
PSPolosan Silviu
Polosan Silviu
IPIrinel Popescu
Irinel Popescu
LPLiliana Livia Paslaru
Liliana Livia Paslaru
ANA. Nastase
A. Nastase
EIE. Ionescu
E. Ionescu

26 February 2015
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LPLiliana Livia Paslaru
Liliana Livia Paslaru
ANA Nastase
A Nastase
LSL Stefan
L Stefan
RFR Florea
R Florea
ASA Sorop
A Sorop
SCS Comorasan
S Comorasan