Published in Hepatitis Weekly, January 31st, 2005
Study 1: Serum contains preneoplastic markers for hepatitis B virus-related liver cancer.
According to a study from the United States, "hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers are at high risk for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but there are no reliable markers that will identify such high-risk carriers. The objective of this work is to identify serologic markers that may indicate the early presence of HCC. Since HBV-encoded X antigen (HBxAg) likely contributes to HCC by up or down-regulation of host gene expression, X positive and negative HepG2...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2005-01-31)
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