Hepatitis B virus X protein promotes hepatoma cell proliferation via upregulation of MEKK2

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1173-1180

  Kong, Guang Yao ^a   Zhang, Jun Ping ^a   Zhang, Shuai ^a   Shan, Chang Liang ^a   Ye, Li Hong ^a   Zhang, Xiao Dong ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

activator protein 1; c jun N terminal kinase; hepatitis B; hepatitis B virus X protein; hepatocellular carcinoma; MEKK2

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VIRUS X PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE 2; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER TISSUE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HEP G2 CELLS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASE 2; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 80052480793     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aps.2011.52     Document Type: Article

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