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Molecular Mechanisms of HBV-Associated Hepatocarcinogenesis
8 Jun 2013
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) contributes to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development through direct and indirect mechanisms. HBV-DNA integration into the host genome occurs at early steps of clonal tumor expansion and induces both genomic instability and direct insertional mutagenesis of diverse cancer-related genes. Prolonged expression of the viral regulatory protein HBx and the large envelope protein deregulate...
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