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| Alencar,R.S.M.; Gomes,M.M.S.; Sitnik,R.; Pinho,J.R.R.; Malta,F.M.; Mello,I.M.V.G.C.; Mello,E.S.; Bacchella,T.; Machado,M.C.C.; Alves,V.A.F.; Carrilho,F.J.. |
| Occult hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has been reported among patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Our aim was to evaluate the presence of occult HBV infection in patients with HCV-related liver cirrhosis (LC) with or without HCC in São Paulo, Brazil. Serum and liver tissue samples from 50 hepatitis B surface antigen-negative patients with HCV-related LC who underwent liver transplantation at the University of São Paulo School of Medicine Hospital from 1993 to 2004 were divided into groups with LC only (N = 33) and with LC plus HCC (N = 17). HBV DNA was assayed for serum and paraffin-embedded liver tissue (tumoral and non-tumoral) using real time PCR and only 1 case with HCC had HBV DNA-positive serum. All... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Hepatitis C virus; Occult hepatitis B; Hepatocellular carcinoma; HCV genotypes. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2008000300010 |
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| Bellodi-Privato,M.; Kubrusly,M.S.; Stefano,J.T.; Soares,I.C.; Wakamatsu,A.; Oliveira,A.C.; Alves,V.A.F.; Bacchella,T.; Machado,M.C.C.; D’Albuquerque,L.A.C.. |
| Chronic hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) virus infections are the most important factors associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but tumor prognosis remains poor due to the lack of diagnostic biomarkers. In order to identify novel diagnostic markers and therapeutic targets, the gene expression profile associated with viral and non-viral HCC was assessed in 9 tumor samples by oligo-microarrays. The differentially expressed genes were examined using a z-score and KEGG pathway for the search of ontological biological processes. We selected a non-redundant set of 15 genes with the lowest P value for clustering samples into three groups using the non-supervised algorithm k-means. Fisher’s linear discriminant analysis was then applied in an exhaustive... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Hepatocellular carcinoma; Molecular biomarkers; Viral infection; Oligo-microarrays. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2009001200001 |
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