Hepatitis C virus core protein activates the MAPK/ERK cascade synergistically with tumor promoter TPA, but not with epidermal growth factor or transforming growth factor α

Hepatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 958-961

  Hayashi, Junpei ^a,b   Aoki, Hiroshi ^a,b   Kajino, Kazunori ^a   Moriyama, Mitsuhiko ^b   Arakawa, Yasuyuki ^b   Hino, Okio ^a  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 0033755010     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2000.19343     Document Type: Article

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