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B cells in chronically hepatitis C virus-infected individuals lack a virus-induced mutation signature in the TP53, CTNNB1, and BCL6 genes.
Journal of virology - 1 Mar 2013
Tucci Felicia Anna, Broering Ruth, Johansson Patricia, Schlaak Joerg F, Küppers Ralf
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is considered to have a causative role in B-cell lymphoproliferative diseases, including B-cell lymphomas, in chronic virus carriers. Previous data from in vitro HCV-infected B-cell lines and peripheral blood mononuclear cells from HCV-positive individuals suggested that HCV might have a direct mutagenic effect on B cells, inducing mutations in the tumor suppressor gene TP53 and the...
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