Detection of c-MYC Gene in Micronucleated Hepatocytes from Regenerative Cirrhotic Nodules and Hepatocellular Carcinoma of Hepatitis C Virus Infected Patients

Terezinha Morato Bastos De Almeida¹, Regina Maria Cubero Leitão², Maisa Yoshimoto³, Joyce Anderson Duffles Andrade³, Willy Beçak⁴, Flair José Carrilho⁵ and Shigueko Sonohara^1*

¹Department of Oncology, Radiology and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

²Laboratory of Pathology Diagnóstika, Sao Paulo, Brazil

³Institute of Pediatric Oncology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

⁴Laboratory of Genetics, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil

⁵Department of Clinical Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil