supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing,China(No.cstc2019jcyj-msxm0314 of Yishu Tang);the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2017YFC0909902 of Yun Xia);the Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81501818 of Yishu Tang)。
Both hepatitis B virus X protein(HBx)and microRNA-221(miR-221)have been implicated in the development of hepatitis B virus(HBV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC).The present study demonstrates that HBx promotes HC...