Inflammation- and stress-related signaling pathways in hepatocarcinogenesis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 31, 2012, Pages 4071-4081

  Hayato, Nakagawa ^a   Shin, Maeda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis signal regulating kinase 1; C Jun NH2 terminal kinase; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Inflammation; Mitogen activated protein kinase; Nuclear factor B; P38; Signal transducer and activator of transcription; Transforming growth factoractivated kinase 1

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS SIGNAL REGULATING KINASE 1; CXCL1 CHEMOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; I KAPPA B; I KAPPA B KINASE GAMMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 8; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 3; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; STAT PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS;

EID: 84867707157     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i31.4071     Document Type: Review

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