C-terminal truncated hepatitis B virus x protein is associated with metastasis and enhances invasiveness by c-jun/matrix metalloproteinase protein 10 activation in hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 131-139

  Sze, Karen M F ^a,b   Chu, Glanice K Y ^a,b   Lee, Joyce M F ^a,b   Ng, Irene O L ^a,b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VIRUS X PROTEIN; PROTEIN C JUN; STROMELYSIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; VIRUS DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; LIVER; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 10; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84872147693     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.25979     Document Type: Article

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