乙型肝炎病毒对肝细胞微RNAs的转录调节调节图

Krishnapriya Ramakrishnan1, Sreeranjini Babu1,2, Vineetha Shaji1,2

  • 1Centre for Integrative Omics Data Science, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India.

概括

乙型肝炎病毒 (HBV) 感染会改变微RNAs (miRNAs),影响肝病的进展. 研究人员绘制了这些HBV响应的miRNA,确定了hsa-miR-15a-5p作为HBV感染和肝细胞癌 (HCC) 的潜在生物标志物.

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