Molecular mechanisms underlying hepatocellular carcinoma

Viruses

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 852-872

  Merle, Philippe ^a,b   Trepo, Christian ^c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Cellular stress; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Oncogenes; Senescence; Stem cells; Tumor suppressors

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751582689     PISSN: 19994915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v1030852     Document Type: Review

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