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Transgenic expression of entire hepatitis B virus in mice induces hepatocarcinogenesis independent of chronic liver injury.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Na Bing, Huang Zhiming, Wang Qian, Qi Zhongxia, Tian Yongjun, Lu Cheng-Chan, Yu Jingwei, Hanes Martha A, Kakar Sanjay, Huang Eric J, Ou J-H James, Liu Limin, Yen T S Benedict
Abstract excerpt
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, is most commonly caused by chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. However, whether HBV plays any direct role in carcinogenesis, other than indirectly causing chronic liver injury by inciting the host immune response, remains unclear. We have established two independent transgenic mouse lines expressing the complete genome of a...
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