Article
Analysis of hepatitis B virus X gene (HBx) mutants in tissues of patients suffered from hepatocellular carcinoma in China.
Cancer epidemiology - 1 Aug 2012
Wang Qi, Zhang Tao, Ye Lihong, Wang Wenhui, Zhang Xiaodong
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) X (HBx) gene multi-site mutations are a frequent event in the clinical hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissues. It has been reported that the mutation of the HBx plays a crucial role in the development of HBV-related HCC. To identify the novel mutations of HBx in the HCC ti...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- Female
- Hepatitis B virus
- Hepatitis B, Chronic
- Humans
- Liver Neoplasms
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Trans-Activators
- Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins
- Young Adult
