Hepatitis C virus (HCV), a non-cytopathic positive-stranded RNA virus, is one of the most
common causes of chronic liver diseases such as chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a leading cause of chronic liver disease that can progress to
cirrhosis and/or hepatocellular carcinoma. Intrahepatic inflammation and liver cell injury are …

Chronic infection with the hepatitis C virus, a noncytopathic hepatotropic RNA virus, affects
over 170 million people worldwide. In the majority of cases, neither the early innate immune …

Hepatitis C virus infection and its associated liver inflammatory disease is a major global
health problem affecting over 170 million people worldwide. Following viral infection …

Chemokines produced in the liver during hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection induce migration
of activated T cells from the periphery to infected parenchyma. The milieu of chemokines …

Hepatitis C imposes a significant burden on global healthcare. Chronic infection is
associated with progressive inflammation of the liver which typically manifests in cirrhosis …

The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a global health problem affecting more than 170 million
people. A chronic HCV infection is associated with liver fibrosis, liver cirrhosis and …

OBJECTIVE: Although chemokines seem to be important in certain inflammatory disorders,
little is known about the role of these proteins in chronic hepatitis C. METHODS: Expression …

We had previously reported the cloning of the complete genome of an isolate of hepatitis C
virus (HCV), HCV-S1, of genotype 1b. We have constructed a full-length complementary …

Background In hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, virus-specific CD8+ T cells are recruited to
the liver for antiviral activity. Multiple chemokine ligands are induced by the infection, notably …