Does hepatitis B virus X protein suppress caveolin-1 expression in hepatocellular carcinoma by regulating DNA methylation?
HBx protein induces methylation of the caveolin-1 promoter region and suppresses its expression.
We identified major differences in elemental concentrations between sperm and seminal plasma and that higher sperm copper, sulfur and calcium are quantitatively associated with poorer semen quality and increased frequencies of genomic sperm defects.