Fas/FasL polymorphisms are associated with hepatitis C related cirrhosis and serum Alpha-Fetoprotein with hepatocellular carcinoma patients

Background: Host genetic factors that may confer a susceptibility to chronic hepatitis and the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are largely unknown. Apoptosis is an important fail-safe check for the hepatitis virus and HCC development, in which Fas/FasL hepatocyte expression contributes...

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Main Authors: Guo-Shiou Liao, Ching-Hui Lo, Teng-Wei Chen, Jyh-Cherng Yu, Hung-Cheng Lai, Chung-Bao Hsieh, Tsan-Pai Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-03-01
Series:Journal of Cancer Research and Practice
Subjects:
Fas
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2311300615000075