Androgen Enhances Aflatoxin-induced Genotoxicity and Inflammation to Liver Cancer in Male Hepatitis B Patients

Affiliations

¹ Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
² NTU Centers of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Graduate Institute of Microbiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, NTU Centers of Genomic and Precision Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: peijerchen@ntu.edu.tw.

Editorial

Sheng-Han Wang et al. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023.

. 2023;15(2):507-508.

doi: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2022.11.001. Epub 2022 Nov 23.

¹ Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
² NTU Centers of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Graduate Institute of Microbiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, NTU Centers of Genomic and Precision Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: peijerchen@ntu.edu.tw.

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