ADAM12 and liver cancer: The ADAM12 gene is located on chromosome 10q26 in human gene and reported as meltrin α by (Yagami-Hiromasa et al., 1995), a protein involved in myoblast fusion. ADAM12 is up-regulated in bladder (Fröhlich et al., 2006), stomach (Carl-McGrath et al., 2005), and liver cancers (Le Pabic et al., 2003).