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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: M Heikenwälder
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-14467 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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]