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Novel F141L pre-S2 mutation in hepatitis B virus increases the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic genotype C infections.
Journal of virology - 1 Jan 2011
Mun Ho-Suk, Lee Seoung-Ae, Kim Hong, Hwang Eung-Soo, Kook Yoon-Hoh, Kim Bum-Joon
Abstract excerpt
Several lines of evidence have suggested that some naturally occurring mutations of hepatitis B virus (HBV) play a critical role in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Here, we describe a novel HCC-related pre-S2 mutation, F141L. To prove the relationship between the F141L mutation and HCC, molecular epidemiology studies using MboII PCR restriction analysis (PRA) were performed, and the molecular mechanism was...
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