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Hepatitis B virus X protein overcomes all-trans retinoic acid-induced cellular senescence by downregulating levels of p16 and p21 via DNA methylation
17 Feb 2011
Abstract excerpt
Despite current molecular evidence suggesting that hepatitis B virus (HBV) X protein (HBx) plays an important role during HBV-mediated hepatocarcinogenesis, the detailed mechanism is still controversial. Here, it was shown that HBx overcomes cellular senescence provoked by all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) in HepG2 cells, as demonstrated by the impaired induction of irreversible G(1) arrest and senescence-associated...
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