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ReviewHeliyon2024

Current updates on the molecular and genetic signals as diagnostic and therapeutic targets for hepatitis B virus-associated hepatic malignancy.

Adane Adugna, Yalew Muche, Abateneh Melkamu, Mohammed Jemal, Habtamu Belew, Gashaw Azanaw Amare

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Review in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Adane AdugnaMedical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia.
Yalew MucheMedical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia.
Abateneh MelkamuMedical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia.
Mohammed JemalDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia.
Habtamu BelewMedical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia.
Gashaw Azanaw AmareMedical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver cancer caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the third most common cancer-related cause of death worldwide. Early detection of HBV-caused hepatic tumors increases the likelihood of a successful cure. Molecular and genetic signals are becoming more and more recognized as possible indicators of HBV-associated hepatic malignancy and of how well a treatment is working. As a result, we have discussed the current literature on molecular and genetic sensors, including extracellular vesicle microRNAs (EV-miRNAs), long non-coding circulating RNAs (lncRNAs), extracellular vesicles (EVs), and cell free circulating DNA (cfDNA), for the diagnosis and forecasting of HBV-related hepatic cancer. Extracellular vesicle microRNAs such as miR-335-5p, miR-172-5p, miR-1285-5p, miR-497-5p, miR-636, miR-187-5p, miR-223-3p, miR-21, miR-324-3p, miR-210-3p, miR-718, miR-122, miR-522, miR-0308-3p, and miR-375 are essential for the posttranscriptional regulation of oncogenes in hepatic cells as well as the epigenetic modulation of many internal and external signaling pathways in HBV-induced hepatic carcinogenesis. LncRNAs like lnc01977, HULC (highly up-regulated in liver cancer), MALAT1 (metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1), and HOTAIR (hox transcript antisense intergenic RNA) have been demonstrated to control hepatic-tumors cell growth, relocation, encroachment, and cell death resiliency. They are also becoming more and more involved in immune tracking, hepatic shifting, vasculature oversight, and genomic destabilization. EVs are critical mediators involved in multiple aspects of liver-tumors like angiogenesis, immunology, tumor formation, and the dissemination of malignant hepatocytes. Furthermore, cfDNA contributes to signals associated with tumors, including mutations and abnormal epigenetic changes during HBV-related hepatic tumorigenesis.

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Genetic signalsHepatic malignancyHepatitis B virusMolecular signals

Identifiers

PMID39100497
PMCPMC11295980

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