Impact of amino acid substitutions in the core region of HCV on multistep hepatocarcinogenesis

Hepatology Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-178

  Fukuhara, Takasuke ^a   Takeishi, Kazuki ^a   Toshima, Takeo ^a   Morita, Kazutoyo ^a   Ueda, Shigeru ^a   Iguchi, Tomohiro ^a   Nagata, Shigeyuki ^a   Sugimachi, Keishi ^a   Ikegami, Toru ^a   Gion, Tomonobu ^a   Soejima, Yuji ^a   Taketomi, Akinobu ^a   Maehara, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Core protein; Steatosis; Substitution; Tumor differentiation

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEATOSIS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 77954353991     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: 1872034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2009.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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