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CANCER LETTERS
卷 252, 期 2, 页码 157-170出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2006.11.010
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hepatitis B virus; hepatocellular carcinoma; hepatitis B x antigen; genetic changes; oncogenes; tumor suppressor genes; microRNAs; loss of heterozygosity; hepatocarcniogenesis; fragile sites; genetic instability; tumor suppressors
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Chronic liver disease associated with long term hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection contributes importantly to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A salient feature of these chronic infections is the integration of subgenomic HBV DNA fragments into many different locations within the host DNA, suggesting that integration is random. Although this may promote genetic instability during liver regeneration which accompanies a bout of chronic liver disease, the actual role of integrated HBV DNA in hepatocarcinogenesis is uncertain. Importantly, most integration events retain the HBV open reading frame encoding the HBx antigen (HBxAg), which is the virus contribution to HCC. In addition, many integration events reported in the literature occur near or within fragile sites or other cancer associated regions of the human genome that are prone to instability in tumor development and progression. Genetic instability associated with integration potentially alters the expression of oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes, and rnicroRNAs (miRNAs) that may contribute importantly to tumorigenesis. If so, then selected integration events may alter pathways that are rate limiting in hepatocarcinogenesis, thereby providing targets with diagnostic/prognostic potential and for therapeutic intervention. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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