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Hepatitis C virus-mediated Aurora B kinase inhibition modulates inflammatory pathway and viral infectivity.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Aug 2015
Madejón Antonio, Sheldon Julie, Francisco-Recuero Irene, Perales Celia, Domínguez-Beato Mariela, Lasa Marina, Sánchez-Perez Isabel, Muntané Jordi, Domingo Esteban, García-Samaniego Javier, Sánchez-Pacheco Aurora
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Chronic hepatitis C is a leading cause of chronic liver disease, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. DNA methylation and histone covalent modifications constitute crucial mechanisms of genomic instability in human disease, including liver fibrosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. The present work studies the consequences of HCV-induced histone modifications in early stages of infection....
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