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Carboxyl-terminal truncated HBx contributes to invasion and metastasis via deregulating metastasis suppressors in hepatocellular carcinoma.
Oncotarget - 23 Aug 2016
Li Weihua, Li Man, Liao Dongjiang, Lu Xinpeng, Gu Xia, Zhang Qianqian, Zhang Zhixiang, Li Hui
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) X protein (HBx), a trans-regulator, is frequently expressed in truncated form without carboxyl-terminus in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but its functional mechanisms are not fully defined. In this report, we investigated frequency of this natural HBx mutant in HCCs and its functional significance. In 102 HBV-infected patients with HCC, C-terminal truncation of HBx, in contrast to...
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