Hypovascular tumors developed into hepatocellular carcinoma at a high rate despite the elimination of hepatitis C virus by direct-acting antivirals.

Hypovascular tumors developed into hepatocellular carcinoma at a high rate despite the elimination of hepatitis C virus by direct-acting antivirals.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) against hepatitis C virus (HCV) exert high anti-HCV activity and are expected to show anti-inflammatory effects associated with HCV elimination. Furthermore, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is known to dedifferentiate from hypovascular tumors, such...

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Main Authors: Kazuaki Tabu, Seiichi Mawatari, Kohei Oda, Kotaro Kumagai, Yukiko Inada, Hirofumi Uto, Akiko Saisyoji, Yasunari Hiramine, Masafumi Hashiguchi, Tsutomu Tamai, Takeshi Hori, Kunio Fujisaki, Dai Imanaka, Takeshi Kure, Ohki Taniyama, Ai Toyodome, Sho Ijuin, Haruka Sakae, Kazuhiro Sakurai, Akihiro Moriuchi, Shuji Kanmura, Akio Ido
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237475

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237475

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