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Induction of endoplasmic reticulum-derived oxidative stress by an occult infection related S surface antigen variant.
World journal of gastroenterology - 14 Jun 2015
Lee In-Kyung, Lee Seoung-Ae, Kim Hong, Won You-Sub, Kim Bum-Joon
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AIM: To investigate the mechanism of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress induction by an occult infection related hepatitis B virus S surface antigen (HBsAg) variant. METHODS: We used an HBsAg variant with lower secretion capacity, which was a KD variant from a Korean subject who was occultly infected with the genotype C. We compared the expression profiles of ER stress-related proteins between HuH-7 cells...
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