Understanding the hepatitis C virus life cycle paves the way for highly effective therapies

TKH Scheel, CM Rice - Nature medicine, 2013 - nature.com
More than two decades of intense research has provided a detailed understanding of
hepatitis C virus (HCV), which chronically infects 2% of the world's population. This effort has …

The history of hepatitis C virus (HCV): Basic research reveals unique features in phylogeny, evolution and the viral life cycle with new perspectives for epidemic control

J Bukh - Journal of hepatology, 2016 - Elsevier
The discovery of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in 1989 permitted basic research to unravel critical
components of a complex life cycle for this important human pathogen. HCV is a highly …

The molecular and structural basis of advanced antiviral therapy for hepatitis C virus infection

R Bartenschlager, V Lohmann, F Penin - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2013 - nature.com
The availability of the first molecular clone of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome allowed
the identification and biochemical characterization of two viral enzymes that are targets for …

The ins and outs of hepatitis C virus entry and assembly

BD Lindenbach, CM Rice - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2013 - nature.com
Hepatitis C virus, a major human pathogen, produces infectious virus particles with several
unique features, such as an ability to interact with serum lipoproteins, a dizzyingly …

Replication of hepatitis C virus

D Moradpour, F Penin, CM Rice - Nature reviews microbiology, 2007 - nature.com
Exciting progress has recently been made in understanding the replication of hepatitis C
virus, a major cause of chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma …

Assembly of infectious hepatitis C virus particles

R Bartenschlager, F Penin, V Lohmann, P André - Trends in microbiology, 2011 - cell.com
A hallmark of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication cycle is its tight link with host cell lipid
synthesis. This is best illustrated by the peculiar pathway used for the assembly of infectious …

Hepatitis C virus versus innate and adaptive immune responses: a tale of coevolution and coexistence

B Rehermann - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2009 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Since the identification of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) 20 years ago, much progress has been
made in our understanding of its life cycle and interaction with the host immune system …

Hepatitis C virus RNA replication and assembly: living on the fat of the land

D Paul, V Madan, R Bartenschlager - Cell host & microbe, 2014 - cell.com
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major global health burden accounting for around 170 million
chronic infections worldwide. Although highly potent direct-acting antiviral drugs to treat …

Construction and characterization of infectious intragenotypic and intergenotypic hepatitis C virus chimeras

T Pietschmann, A Kaul… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
Chronic liver disease caused by infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an important global
health problem that currently affects 170 million people. A major impediment in HCV …

Broadly neutralizing antibodies protect against hepatitis C virus quasispecies challenge

M Law, T Maruyama, J Lewis, E Giang, AW Tarr… - Nature medicine, 2008 - nature.com
A major problem in hepatitis C virus (HCV) immunotherapy or vaccine design is the extreme
variability of the virus. We identified human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that neutralize …