Publication Name	World Journal of Hepatology
Manuscript ID	33535
Country	Egypt

Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Prospective Study
Article Title	MicroRNAs and clinical implications in hepatocellular carcinoma
Manuscript Source	Invited Manuscript
All Author List	Amal Ahmed Mohamed, Zaniab A Ali-Eldin, Tamer A Elbedewy, Magdy El-Serafy, Fatma A Ali-Eldin and Hossameldin AbdelAziz
Funding Agency and Grant Number
Corresponding Author	Amal Ahmed Mohamed, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biochemistry Department, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute, 10 Kasar El Eini Street, Cairo 11796, Egypt. amalahmedhcp@yahoo.com
Key Words	Hepatocellular carcinoma; MicroRNA; Liver cirrhosis; MiR-23a
Core Tip	MicroRNA is promising as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers. miR-23a can be used in screening of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and it gives better results than alpha fetoprotein. It is also related to more progressive HCC so it can be used as predictor of prognosis.
Citation	Mohamed AA, Ali-Eldin ZA, Elbedewy TA, El-Serafy M, Ali-Eldin FA, AbdelAziz H. MicroRNAs and clinical implications in hepatocellular carcinoma. World J Hepatol 2017; 9(23): 1001-1007

Received	2017-02-14 11:32
Peer-Review Started	2017-02-17 09:55
To Make the First Decision	2017-04-14 10:33
Return for Revision	2017-04-20 10:52
Revised	2017-05-13 03:26
Second Decision	2017-06-15 06:20
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2017-06-20 02:02
Articles in Press	2017-06-20 02:02
Publication Fee Transferred
Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor
Typeset the Manuscript	2017-08-08 09:45

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