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Risk factors and mechanisms of hepatocarcinogenesis with special emphasis on alcohol and oxidative stress

Hepatocellular cancer is the fifth most frequent cancer in men and the eighth in women worldwide...

Keywords: Acetaldehyde, cytochrome P4502E1, hepatitis, methyl group transfer, reactive oxygen species, retinoids

04/2006 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter

Simultaneous determination of HIV antibodies, hepatitis C antibodies, and hepatitis B antigens in dried blood spots –a feasibility study using a multi-analyte immunoassay

HIV in particular, as well as hepatitis B and C, present a burden on healthcare systems worldwide...

Keywords: dried blood spot, hepatitis, HIV, Luminex, sexually transmitted disease

04/2005 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de Gruyter

Significance of SEN virus in post-transfusion hepatitis. Bedeutung von SEN-Viren für die Posttransfusionshepatitis

Five hepatitis viruses (A-E) cause more than 80% of cases of viral hepatitis. However, the fact that nearly 20% of individuals with acute hepatitis test negative for all known hepatitis viruses, as do up to 10% of patients with transfusion-associated hepatitis, suggests the existence of other viral hepatitis agents...

Keywords: hepatitis, SEN-virus, transfusion

04/2005 | LaboratoriumsMedizin, Walter de Gruyter

Adaptive immune responses to hepatitis C virus: from viral immunobiology to a vaccine

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes chronic infection in approximately two-thirds of cases, leading to chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, liver disease, liver failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma in a substantial proportion of the 170 million HCV-infected individuals worldwide...

Keywords: hepatitis, immune response, T-cells, viral escape