Jian Yu

Hepatitis B virus pregenomic RNA is associated with malignant phenotypes and postoperative survival in HBV-related intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Abstract Background Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection contributes to infection-associated liver carcinogenesis. However, the biological and clinical relevance of HBV pregenomic RNA (pgRNA), a marker of residual viral transcriptional activity, in HBV-related intrahepatic c...