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Hepatocellular carcinoma as a complex polygenic disease. Interpretive analysis of recent developments on genetic predisposition.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Apr 2006
Feo F, De Miglio M R, Simile M M, Muroni M R, Calvisi D F, Frau M, Pascale R M
Abstract excerpt
The different frequency of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in humans at risk suggests a polygenic predisposition. However, detection of genetic variants is difficult in genetically heterogeneous human population. Studies on mouse and rat models identified 7 hepatocarcinogenesis susceptibility (Hcs) and 2 resistance (Hcr) loci in mice, and 7 Hcs and 9 Hcr loci in rats, controlling multiplicity and size of...
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