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Compartmentalization of hepatitis C virus variants in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
Molecular carcinogenesis - 1 Feb 2017
Pérez Paula S, Di Lello Federico A, Mullen Eduardo G, Galdame Omar A, Livellara Beatriz I, Gadano Adrián C, Campos Rodolfo H, Flichman Diego M
Abstract excerpt
Chronic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection is a major risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development. HCV Core protein has been associated with the modulation of potentially oncogenic cellular processes and E2 protein has been useful in evolutive studies to analyze the diversity of HCV. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate HCV compartmentalization in tumoral, non-tumoral liver tissue and serum and to...
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