Original Article
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World J Hepatol. Apr 27, 2012; 4(4): 139-148
Published online Apr 27, 2012. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v4.i4.139
Figure 3
Figure 3 Quantity of hepatitis B virus mRNA in hepatocellular carcinoma and surrounding liver tissues. The total amount of hepatitis B virus (HBV) mRNA was quantified as a ratio relative to hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase 1 message in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and surrounding non-cancerous liver tissues (SL) from five HBV-associated cases. In all cases, the message was repressed in HCC, and the average was significantly reduced from 13.7 ± 8.6 to 2.9 ± 4.7 (P = 0.032).