HBx-induced androgen receptor expression in HBV-associated hepatocarcinoma is independent of the methylation status of its promoter

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-35

  Zhu, Rong ^a   Zhang, Jian Sheng ^a   Zhu, Ya Zhen ^a   Fan, Jia ^a   Mao, Yi ^b   Chen, Qi ^a   Zhu, Hong Guang ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; DNA methyltransferase; Hepatitis B virus; Hepatocellular carcinoma; X protein

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AR PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS X PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; RNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR CELL LINE; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 78651256100     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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