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CUHK Research Uncovers the Mechanisms of Liver Cancer Induced by Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Mice

23 April 2018

Professor Jun YU (centre), Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine at CUHK, first discovered the role of SQLE as an oncogene in NAFLD-HCC. Team members of this study include Dr. Dabin LIU (right) and Dr. Chi Chun WONG

Professor Jun YU (centre), Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, CUHK Medicine, first discovered the role of SQLE as an oncogene in NAFLD-HCC. Team members for this study included Dr. Dabin LIU (right) and Dr. Chi Chun WONG

Abstract

Our researchers discovered that squalene epoxidase (SQLE) is a novel oncogene in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease-associated hepatocellular carcinoma (NAFLD-HCC). The study, which provides new directions for the prevention and treatment of the disease, became the cover story of the April 18 2018 edition of Science Translational Medicine , an international medical journal.

Details: http://bit.ly/2U6a3Ut

Cover story: http://bit.ly/2GGgEyd

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