Prolactin prevents hepatocellular carcinoma by restricting innate immune activation of c-Myc in mice

Women are more resistant to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) than men despite equal exposure to major risk factors, such as hepatitis B or C virus infection. Female resistance is hormone-dependent, as evidenced by the sharp increase in HCC incidence in postmenopausal women who do not take hormone repl...

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Main Authors: Hartwell, Hadley J., Petrosky, Keiko Y., Fox, James G., Horseman, Nelson D., Rogers, Arlin B.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95792
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9307-6116