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Sex disparity in viral load, inflammation and liver damage in transgenic mice carrying full hepatitis B virus genome with the W4P mutation in the preS1 region.
World journal of gastroenterology - 14 Mar 2018
Lee Seoung-Ae, Lee So-Young, Choi Yu-Min, Kim Hong, Kim Bum-Joon
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To study sex disparity in susceptibility to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), we created a transgenic mouse model that expressed the full hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome with the W4P mutation. METHODS: Transgenic mice were generated by transferring the pHY92-1.1x-HBV-full genome plasmid (genotype A2) into C57Bl/6N mice. We compared serum levels of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), interleukin (IL)-6, and the...
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