Article
Hepatocellular carcinomas infected with the novel TT DNA virus lack viral integration.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 9 Oct 1998
Yamamoto T, Kajino K, Ogawa M, Gotoh I, Matsuoka S, Suzuki K, Moriyama M, Okubo H, Kudo M, Arakawa Y, Hino O
Abstract excerpt
A novel DNA virus designated TT virus (TTV) was cloned from a patient with posttransfusion hepatitis and is thought to be a new hepatitis virus. At present, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) are known to induce hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). But, actually, in Japan approximatel...
Topics
- Aged
- Blotting, Southern
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- DNA Virus Infections
- DNA Viruses
- DNA, Viral
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepatitis Viruses
- Hepatitis, Viral, Human
- Humans
- Liver
- Liver Neoplasms
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Virus Integration