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WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY
卷 20, 期 41, 页码 15018-15027出版社
BAISHIDENG PUBLISHING GROUP INC
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i41.15018
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Chronic viral hepatitis; Transforming growth factor-beta; Smad3; Phosphorylation; Fibro-carcinogenesis; Hepatocellular carcinoma
Epidemiological and clinical data point to a close association between chronic hepatitis B virus infection or chronic hepatitis C virus infection and development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HCC develops over several decades and is associated with fibrosis. This sequence suggests that persistent viral infection and chronic inflammation can synergistically induce liver fibrosis and hepatocarcinogenesis. The transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) signaling pathway plays a pivotal role in diverse cellular processes and contributes to hepatic fibro-carcinogenesis under inflammatory microenvironments during chronic liver diseases. The biological activities of TGF-beta are initiated by the binding of the ligand to TGF-beta receptors, which phosphorylate Smad proteins. TGF-beta type. receptor activates Smad3 to create COOH-terminally phosphorylated Smad3 (pSmad3C), while pro-inflammatory cytokine-activated kinases phosphorylates Smad3 to create the linker phosphorylated Smad3 (pSmad3L). During chronic liver disease progression, virus components, together with pro-inflammatory cytokines and somatic mutations, convert the Smad3 signal from tumor-suppressive pSmad3C to fibro-carcinogenic pSmad3L pathways, accelerating liver fibrosis and increasing the risk of HCC. The understanding of Smad3 phosphorylation profiles may provide new opportunities for effective chemoprevention and personalized therapy for patients with hepatitis virus-related HCC in the future. (C) 2014 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
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