Upregulator of Cell Proliferation Predicts Poor Prognosis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Contributes to Hepatocarcinogenesis by Downregulating FOXO3a

• Chan Xie ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chan Xie, Li-bing Song

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

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• Li-bing Song ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Chan Xie, Li-bing Song

  Affiliation Department of Experimental Research, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

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• Jue-heng Wu,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

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• Jun Li,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

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• Jing-ping Yun,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

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• Jia-ming Lai,

  Affiliation Department of hepatobiliary surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

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• Dong-ying Xie,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

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• Bing-liang Lin,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

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• Yun-fei Yuan,

  Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China

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• Mengfeng Li ,

  * E-mail: gaozl@yahoo.com.cn (ZG); limf@mail.sysu.edu.cn (ML)

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

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• Zhi-liang Gao

  * E-mail: gaozl@yahoo.com.cn (ZG); limf@mail.sysu.edu.cn (ML)

  Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

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