The liver of woodchucks chronically infected with the woodchuck hepatitis virus contains foci of virus core antigen-negative hepatocytes with both altered and normal morphology

Virology

Volumn 359, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 283-294

  Xu, Chunxiao ^a   Yamamoto, Toshiki ^a   Zhou, Tianlun ^b   Aldrich, Carol E ^a   Frank, Katy ^a   Cullen, John M ^c   Jilbert, Allison R ^d,e   Mason, William S ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Foci of altered hepatocytes; Hepatocellular carcinoma; WHV; Woodchuck hepatitis virus

Indexed keywords

FETUIN; GLYCOGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIGEN; WHV PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEPATITIS VIRUS; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS, WOODCHUCK; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; MARMOTA; RNA, MESSENGER;

MARMOTA MONAX; WOODCHUCK HEPATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 33847075069     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: 10960341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2006.09.034     Document Type: Article

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