Cancer Letters
Volume 234, Issue 2 , Pages 143-148 , 28 March 2006

State of hepatitis C viral replication enhances activation of NF-kB- and AP-1-signaling induced by hepatitis B virus X

  • Tatsuo Kanda

      Affiliations

    • Safety and Health Organization, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoicho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
    • Department of Medicine and Clinical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 43 226 2086; fax: +81 43 226 2088.
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  • Osamu Yokosuka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Clinical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
    • ,
  • Keiichi Nagao

      Affiliations

    • Safety and Health Organization, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoicho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiromitsu Saisho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Clinical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan

Received 17 February 2005 ,Revised 18 March 2005 ,Accepted 20 March 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canlet.2005.03.030

Cancer Letters
Volume 234, Issue 2 , Pages 143-148 , 28 March 2006

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