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Hepatitis C virus core protein represses the p21 promoter through inhibition of a TGF-beta pathway.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Sept 2002
Lee Mi Nam, Jung Eun Young, Kwun Hyun Jin, Jun Hong Ki, Yu Dae-Yeul, Choi Yung Hyun, Jang Kyung Lib
Abstract excerpt
The increased proliferation rate of hepatocytes is one of the major risk factors for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma. In this study, we investigated the mechanism by which hepatitis C virus (HCV) core protein represses transcription of the universal cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21 gene in murine fibroblast NIH 3T3 cells. From the transient reporter assays of p21 promoter, we found that the...
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