Hepatitis B Virus X Protein Driven Alpha Fetoprotein Expression to Promote Malignant Behaviors of Normal Liver Cells and Hepatoma Cells

Conclusions: HBx through stimulating expression of AFP to promote malignant behaviors of human normal liver cells and HCC cells; AFP maybe used as a novel biotarget for therapeutics of HCC patients.

Source: Journal of Cancer - June 5, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Mingyue Zhu, Yan Lu, Wei Li, Junli Guo, Xu Dong, Bo Lin, Yi Chen, Xieju Xie, Mengsen Li Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research