Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

Genomic and oncogenic preference of HBV integration in hepatocellular carcinoma

  • Ling-Hao Zhao,
  • Xiao Liu,
  • He-Xin Yan,
  • Wei-Yang Li,
  • Xi Zeng,
  • Yuan Yang,
  • Jie Zhao,
  • Shi-Ping Liu,
  • Xue-Han Zhuang,
  • Chuan Lin,
  • Chen-Jie Qin,
  • Yi Zhao,
  • Ze-Ya Pan,
  • Gang Huang,
  • Hui Liu,
  • Jin Zhang,
  • Ruo-Yu Wang,
  • Yun Yang,
  • Wen Wen,
  • Gui-Shuai Lv,
  • Hui-Lu Zhang,
  • Han Wu,
  • Shuai Huang,
  • Ming-Da Wang,
  • Liang Tang,
  • Hong-Zhi Cao,
  • Ling Wang,
  • Tin-Lap Lee,
  • Hui Jiang,
  • Ye-Xiong Tan,
  • Sheng-Xian Yuan,
  • Guo-Jun Hou,
  • Qi-Fei Tao,
  • Qin-Guo Xu,
  • Xiu-Qing Zhang,
  • Meng-Chao Wu,
  • Xun Xu,
  • Jun Wang,
  • Huan-Ming Yang,
  • Wei-Ping Zhou,
  • Hong-Yang Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12992
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Hepatitis B infection is a risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma. Here, the authors characterise viral infection in a cohort of hepatocellular carcinoma patients and find viral integration is more frequent in males than females.