Article
Hepatitis B virus X mutants, present in hepatocellular carcinoma tissue abrogate both the antiproliferative and transactivation effects of HBx.
Oncogene - 26 Aug 1999
Sirma H, Giannini C, Poussin K, Paterlini P, Kremsdorf D, Bréchot C
Abstract excerpt
Chronic infection by HBV is the leading cause of hepatocellular carcinoma in man. Several lines of evidence suggest that the viral transactivator HBx plays a critical role in the molecular pathogenesis of HBV-related HCC. To study the actual impact of HBx and the mechanism of its action, we have...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- Cell Cycle
- Cell Differentiation
- Cell Division
- Cells, Cultured
- G1 Phase
- Humans
- Liver
- Liver Neoplasms
- Mice
