Colorectal cancer: molecules and populations

JD Potter - Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1999 - academic.oup.com
The epidemiology and molecular biology of colorectal cancer are reviewed with a view to
understanding their interrelationship. Risk factors for colorectal neoplasia include a positive …

Hepatitis B virus x protein in the pathogenesis of hepatitis B virus‐induced hepatocellular carcinoma

MC Kew - Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Currently available evidence supports a role for the hepatitis B virus (HBV) x gene and
protein in the pathogenesis of HBV‐induced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HBx gene is …

Hepatitis B virus and hepatocellular carcinoma

P Arbuthnot, M Kew - International journal of experimental …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major global cause of hepatocellular carcinoma
(HCC). Individuals who are chronic carriers have a greater than 100‐fold increased relative …

Hepatitis B virus X protein interferes with cellular DNA repair

SA Becker, TH Lee, JS Butel, BL Slagle - Journal of virology, 1998 - Am Soc Microbiol
The hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx) is a broadly acting transactivator implicated in the
development of liver cancer. Recently, HBx has been reported to interact with several …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatitis B virus, HBx mutants and their role in hepatocellular carcinoma

A Ali, H Abdel-Hafiz, M Suhail, A Al-Mars… - World journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the leading causes of death induced by cancer in
the modern world and majority of the cases are related to chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) …

DNA viruses and the cellular DNA-damage response

AS Turnell, RJ Grand - Journal of General Virology, 2012 - microbiologyresearch.org
It is clear that a number of host-cell factors facilitate virus replication and, conversely, a
number of other factors possess inherent antiviral activity. Research, particularly over the …

Putative role of hepatitis B virus X protein in hepatocarcinogenesis: effects on apoptosis, DNA repair, mitogen‐activated protein kinase and JAK/STAT pathways

P Arbuthnot, A Capovilla, M Kew - Journal of gastroenterology …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major risk factor for the development of
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The pathogenesis of HBV‐induced malignant …

A role for the host DNA damage response in hepatitis B virus cccDNA formation—and beyond?

S Schreiner, M Nassal - Viruses, 2017 - mdpi.com
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection puts more than 250 million people at a greatly
increased risk to develop end-stage liver disease. Like all hepadnaviruses, HBV replicates …

X-gene product of hepatitis B virus induces apoptosis in liver cells

H Kim, H Lee, Y Yun - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1998 - ASBMB
Hepatitis B virus is a causative agent of hepatocellular carcinoma, and in the course of
tumorigenesis, the X-gene product (HBx) is known to play important roles. Here, we …

Hepatitis B virus X protein inhibits nucleotide excision repair.

L Jia, XW Wang, CC Harris - International journal of cancer, 1999 - europepmc.org
Human hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a major risk factor of human hepatocellular carcinoma.
Both in vivo and in vitro studies have shown that HBV X protein (HBx) can bind to the p53 …