Hepatitis B virus X (HBx) induces tumorigenicity of hepatic progenitor cells in 3,5-diethoxycarbonyl-1,4-dihydrocollidine-treated HBx transgenic mice

Does the Hepatitis B Antigen HBx Promote the Appearance of Liver Cancer Stem Cells?

(2011) A. Arzumanyan et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

Expansion of Hepatic Tumor Progenitor Cells in Pten-Null Mice Requires Liver Injury and Is Reversed by Loss of AKT2

(2010) Vivian A. Galicia et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Intermediate Hepatobiliary Cells Predict an Increased Risk of Hepatocarcinogenesis in Patients With Hepatitis C Virus-Related Cirrhosis

(2010) Marianne Ziol et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Hepatitis B virus X protein stimulates IL-6 expression in hepatocytes via a MyD88-dependent pathway

(2010) Wen-Qing Xiang et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

The Hippo-Salvador pathway restrains hepatic oval cell proliferation, liver size, and liver tumorigenesis

(2010) K.-P. Lee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Potential hepatic stem cells reside in EpCAM+ cells of normal and injured mouse liver

(2009) M. Okabe et al.   DEVELOPMENT

High serum interleukin-6 level predicts future hepatocellular carcinoma development in patients with chronic hepatitis B

(2009) Vincent Wai-Sun Wong et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER

Deregulated Direct Targets of the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Protein, HBx, Identified through Chromatin Immunoprecipitation and Expression Microarray Profiling

(2009) Wing-Kin Sung et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Wnt/ -Catenin Signaling Contributes to Activation of Normal and Tumorigenic Liver Progenitor Cells

(2008) W. Yang et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

EpCAM-Positive Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells Are Tumor-Initiating Cells With Stem/Progenitor Cell Features

(2008) Taro Yamashita et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Flow cytometric isolation and clonal identification of self-renewing bipotent hepatic progenitor cells in adult mouse liver

(2008) Atsushi Suzuki et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Liver Cancer Stem Cells

(2008) Stewart Sell et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Hepatotoxin-Induced Changes in the Adult Murine Liver Promote MYC-Induced Tumorigenesis

(2008) Shelly Beer et al.   PLoS One

Progenitor/stem cells give rise to liver cancer due to aberrant TGF-  and IL-6 signaling

(2008) Y. Tang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA