Zadran, Bassier
Sudhindar, Praveen Dhondurao
Wainwright, Daniel
Bury, Yvonne
Luli, Saimir
Howarth, Rachel
McCain, Misti Vanette https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1967-0421
Watson, Robyn
Huet, Hannah
Palinkas, Fanni
Berlinguer-Palmini, Rolando
Casement, John
Mann, Derek A.
Oakley, Fiona
Lunec, John
Reeves, Helen
Faulkner, Geoffrey J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5769-4494
Shukla, Ruchi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9348-6198
Funding for this research was provided by:
JGW Patterson Foundation (RES/0260/0217, RES/0190/7948 and RES/0260/0217)
Cancer Research UK (C18342/A23390, C9380/A26813, C9380/A26813, C18342/A23390 and C9380/A26813)
RCUK | Medical Research Council (DiMEN Studentship, MR/K0019494/1 and MR/R023026/1, MR/K0019494/1 and MR/R023026/1)
Department of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council (GNT1173711)
Article History
Received: 14 March 2022
Revised: 9 January 2023
Accepted: 11 January 2023
First Online: 27 January 2023
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained for the use of FFPE HCC patient biopsies (study reference 116370) by the National Research Ethics Service (NRES) Committee North East (12/NE/0395) sponsored by NUTH Trust R&D (Ref: 6579). All patients had provided written consent for use of their tissues for research purposes. All animal experiments were approved by the Newcastle University Ethical Review Committee and performed under a UK Home Office licence in accordance with the ARRIVE guidelines ().
: All authors approve the manuscript and give consent to this publication.
: FO and DAM are directors, shareholders and employees of Fibrofind limited. The remaining authors declare no competing interests.