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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: M Heikenwälder
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-14467 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Haybaeck Johannes J Zeller Nicolas N Wolf Monika Julia MJ Weber Achim A Wagner Ulrich U Kurrer Michael Odo MO Bremer Juliane J Iezzi Giandomenica G Graf Rolf R Clavien Pierre-Alain PA Thimme Robert R Blum Hubert H Nedospasov Sergei A SA Zatloukal Kurt K Ramzan Muhammad M Ciesek Sandra S Pietschmann Thomas T Marche Patrice N PN Karin Michael M Kopf Manfred M Browning Jeffrey L JL Aguzzi Adriano A Heikenwalder Mathias M
Cancer cell 20091001 4
Hepatitis B and C viruses (HBV and HCV) cause chronic hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by poorly understood mechanisms. We show that cytokines lymphotoxin (LT) alpha and beta and their receptor (LTbetaR) are upregulated in HBV- or HCV-induced hepatitis and HCC. Liver-specific LTalphabeta expression in mice induces liver inflammation and HCC, causally linking hepatic LT overexpression to hepatitis and HCC. Development of HCC, composed in part of A6(+) oval cells, depends on lymphocyte ...[more]