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Oncogenic mutations and dysregulated pathways in obesity-associated hepatocellular carcinoma.
Oncogene - 8 Dec 2016
Shen J, Tsoi H, Liang Q, Chu E S H, Liu D, Yu A C-S, Chan T F, Li X, Sung J J Y, Wong V W S, Yu J
Abstract excerpt
Epidemiological studies showed that obesity and its related non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) promote hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development. We aimed to uncover the genetic alterations of NAFLD-HCC using whole-exome sequencing. We compared HCC development in genetically obese mice and dietary obese mice with wild-type lean mice fed a normal chow after treatment with diethylnitrosamine. HCC tumor and...
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