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A variant in the MICA gene is associated with liver fibrosis progression in chronic hepatitis C through TGF-β1 dependent mechanisms

Hepatocarcinogenesis is tightly linked to liver fibrosis. Recently, two GWAS variants, MICA rs2596542 and DEPDC5 rs1012068 were identified as being associated with the development of HCV-induced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Japanese patients. The role of these variants on hepatic inflammation a...

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Autores principales: Sharkawy, Rasha El, Bayoumi, Ali, Metwally, Mayada, Mangia, Alessandra, Berg, Thomas, Romero-Gomez, Manuel, Abate, Maria Lorena, Irving, William L., Sheridan, David, Dore, Gregory J., Spengler, Ulrich, Lampertico, Pietro, Bugianesi, Elisabetta, Weltman, Martin, Mollison, Lindsay, Cheng, Wendy, Riordan, Stephen, Santoro, Rosanna, Gallego-Durán, Rocío, Fischer, Janett, Nattermann, Jacob, D’Ambrosio, Roberta, McLeod, Duncan, Powell, Elizabeth, latchoumanin, Olivier, Thabet, Khaled, Najim, Mustafa A. M., Douglas, Mark W., Liddle, Christopher, Qiao, Liang, George, Jacob, Eslam, Mohammed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6363805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30723271
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35736-2