Transgenic Expression of Entire Hepatitis B Virus in Mice Induces Hepatocarcinogenesis Independent of Chronic Liver Injury

• Bing Na ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bing Na, Zhiming Huang

  Affiliations Pathology Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Zhiming Huang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bing Na, Zhiming Huang

  Affiliation Pathology Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Qian Wang,

  Affiliation Pathology Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Zhongxia Qi,

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Yongjun Tian,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Cheng-Chan Lu,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Jingwei Yu,

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Martha A. Hanes,

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Animal Resources, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

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• Sanjay Kakar,

  Affiliations Pathology Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Eric J. Huang,

  Affiliations Pathology Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• J.-H. James Ou,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• Limin Liu ,

  * E-mail: Limin.Liu@ucsf.edu

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• T. S. Benedict Yen

  Affiliations Pathology Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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