BACKGROUND: For palliative treatment of the obstructive jaundice associated with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), percutaneous transhepatic biliary
BACKGROUND:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is thought to be chronic and the factors leading to viral clearance or persistence are poorly understood.This study
BACKGROUND:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is one of the major pathogens of human liver disease.Studies have shown that HBV X protein (HBx) plays an important role in p
BACKGROUND:A growing body of evidence suggests that many tumors are initiated by both epigenetic abnormalities and gene mutations,which promote tumor progressio