Article
Analysis of the complete hepatitis B virus genome in patients with genotype C chronic hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma.
Cancer science - 1 Dec 2007
Zhang Kai Yu, Imazeki Fumio, Fukai Kenichi, Arai Makoto, Kanda Tatsuo, Mikata Rintaro, Yokosuka Osamu
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype C and the basic core promoter (BCP) mutations were reported to be associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In this study the full sequences of HBV genomes were analyzed in order to find the other predictors of HCC development. We determined the full sequences of HBV genomes in 24 genotype C carriers who developed HCC (HCC group) at the beginning of...
Topics
- Adult
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- Cell Line, Tumor
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Genes, Reporter
- Genome, Viral
- Genotype
- Hepatitis B virus
- Hepatitis C, Chronic
