Research progress in the metabolic reprogramming of hepatocellular carcinoma (Review)
- Authors:
- Wenyue Gao
- Jing Wang
- Yuting Xu
- Hongbo Yu
- Sitong Yi
- Changchuan Bai
- Qingwei Cong
- Ying Zhu
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Affiliations: Department of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, Liaoning 116000, P.R China, Internal Department of Chinese Medicine, Dalian Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dalian, Liaoning 116000, P.R China - Published online on: May 24, 2024 https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2024.13255
- Article Number: 131
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Copyright: © Gao et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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