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Dissection of cell context-dependent interactions between HBx and p53 family members in regulation of apoptosis: A role for HBV-induced HCC
15 Oct 2011
Abstract excerpt
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the major risk for hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC). HBV X protein (HBx) and p53 tumor suppressor family interactions may be crucial for HCC induction. We compared p53 and p73 interactions with HBx in normal and HCC tumor cell lines differing in their p53 status. In the latter, HBx was pro-apoptotic but exhibited opposite effects in non-tumor cells. In these normal...
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