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Thioacetamide accelerates steatohepatitis, cirrhosis and HCC by expressing HCV core protein in transgenic zebrafish Danio rerio
14 Nov 2007
Abstract excerpt
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the common cancers worldwide, caused by Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatotoxins. Here we report the development of HCC in wild type as well as HCV core protein (HCP)-transgenic zebrafish upon treatment with a hepatotoxin, thioacetamide (TAA). Two-fold accelerated HCC development could be achieved in the TAA-treated transgenic fish, that is, the progression of the disease...
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