Hepatitis C virus Core protein overcomes stress-induced premature senescence by down-regulating p16 expression via DNA methylation

Cancer Letters

Volumn 321, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 154-161

  Lim, Joo Song ^a   Park, Sun Hye ^a   Jang, Kyung Lib ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cellular senescence; Core; DNA methylation; Hepatitis C virus; P16

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PROTEIN P16; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P27; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL AGING; CELL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN REGULATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL AGING; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA METHYLATION; DOWN-REGULATION; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 84862799636     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: 18727980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2012.01.044     Document Type: Article

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