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Title: Involvement of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene polymorphism in hepatocellular carcinoma of HCV patients from local population
Authors: Muhammad Usman Ghani, Asma Haque, Muhammad Qasim, Usman Ali Ashfaq, Muhammad Sarfaraz Iqbal, Abdul Waheed, Nadeem Afzal, Faiza Saeed, Muhammad Shareef Masoud, Saba Khaliq, Shah Jahan
Journal: Pure and Applied Biology (PAB)
Publisher: Bolan Society for Pure and Applied Biology
Country: Pakistan
Year: 2017
Volume: 6
Issue: 2
Language: en
Development of Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is common cause of poor long-term survival. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of Vascular Endothelial growth factor (VEGF) genes polymorphism as a risk factor of Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in chronic hepatitis C virus in Pakistani population. VEGF regulates angiogenesis so it is mainly involved in progression and development of solid tumor. The results showed that HCC patients had a higher frequency of the VEGF-634 GG genotype. In this study results revealed that VEGF Genotype GG is not associated with the risk of HCC in HCV infected patients in Punjab region of Pakistan.
Keywords: HCV; HCC; VEGF Polymorphism
http://dx.doi.org/10.19045/bspab.2017.60077
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