Autophagy and apoptosis-related genes in chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kotsafti, Andromachi ^a   Farinati, Fabio ^a   Cardin, Romilda ^a   Cillo, Umberto ^a   Nitti, Donato ^a   Bortolami, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autophagy; B and C virus infection; Beclin 1; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Pro and anti apoptotic factors.

Indexed keywords

BECLIN 1; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BAD GENE; BAX GENE; BCL 2 GENE; BCL XL GENE; BECLIN 1 GENE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AUTOPHAGY; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BCL-ASSOCIATED DEATH PROTEIN; BCL-X PROTEIN; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84865323320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-12-118     Document Type: Article

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