Hepatitis B virus X protein induces angiogenesis by stabilizing hypoxia‐inducible factor‐1α
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- 4 December 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 18 (2), 1-16
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.03-0153fje
Abstract
Hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx) is closely involved in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma, a highly vascularized solid tumor. Here we show that HBx increases the transcriptional activity a...Keywords
Funding Information
- Ministry of Science and Technology (2000‐N‐NL‐01‐C‐015)
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