%0 Journal Article %T Upregulation of B7-H4 promotes tumor progression of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma %A Ai-Wu Ke %A Bi-Mang Fu %A Chi Zhang %A Dong-Mei Gao %A Guo-Ming Shi %A Hai-Xiang Sun %A Hao Zou %A Jia-Bin Cai %A Jia-Cheng Lu %A Li-Xin Liu %A Lu Zhang %A Nan Xie %A Peng-Fei Zhang %A Qiang Kang %A Xiao-Yong Huang %A Xin-Yu Zhang %A Xuan Yang %A Ying-Hao Shen %A Zheng-Ji Song %J Archive of "Cell Death & Disease". %D 2017 %R 10.1038/s41419-017-0015-6 %X High expression of B7-H4 in tumor tissues of ICC patients. a qRT-PCR showed that the expression of B7-H4 mRNA in tumor tissues was higher than that in correspondingly peritumoral tissues (*p£¿<£¿0.05). b Representative image showed expression of B7-H4 protein in tumor samples and peritumoral tissues from 35 ICC patients by western blotting. c Semi-quantitative analysis showed that the expression of B7-H4 protein in tumors tissues was higher than that in peritumoral tissues(*p£¿<£¿0.05). d Representative image showed the expression of B7-H4 protein in tumor samples and peritumoral tissues from 140 ICC patients by immunohistochemical staining. e Semi-quantitaive analysis for IHC staining showed that B7-H4 protein expression in tumor samples was higher than that in peritumoral tissues (**p£¿<£¿0.01). f The expression of B7-H4 in tumor tissues from ICC patients with early recurrence after operation was higher than that in patients without recurrence (*p£¿<£¿0.05). g qRT-PCR from 35 ICC patients showed that the expression of B7-H4 mRNA in tumor tissues of ICC patients with early recurrence was much higher than that of patients without recurrence (***p£¿<£¿0.01). h Representative image showed expression of B7-H4 protein in 35 randomly selected ICC pateints by western blotting. i Semi-quantitaive analysis for western blotting showed that the expression of B7-H4 in tumor tissues from ICC patients with early recurrence was higher than that in patients without recurrence (**p£¿<£¿0.01 %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5870586/