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 …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatitis C virus: virology and life cycle

CW Kim, KM Chang - Clinical and molecular hepatology, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a positive sense, single-stranded RNA virus in the Flaviviridae
family. It causes acute hepatitis with a high propensity for chronic infection. Chronic HCV …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into RNA biology from an atlas of mammalian mRNA-binding proteins

A Castello, B Fischer, K Eichelbaum, R Horos… - Cell, 2012 - cell.com
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) determine RNA fate from synthesis to decay. Employing two
complementary protocols for covalent UV crosslinking of RBPs to RNA, we describe a …

[HTML][HTML] NS5A inhibitors in the treatment of hepatitis C

JM Pawlotsky - Journal of hepatology, 2013 - Elsevier
Hepatitis C virus infection is a major health problem worldwide and no vaccine has yet been
developed against this virus. In addition, currently approved pharmacotherapies achieve …

New direct-acting antiviral agents for the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection and perspectives

C Welsch, A Jesudian, S Zeuzem, I Jacobson - Gut, 2012 - gut.bmj.com
Until recently, the standard of care (SOC) for patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV)
infection has consisted of a combination of pegylated interferon-N1 plus ribavirin …

Hepatitis C virus NS5A: enigmatic but still promiscuous 10 years on!

D Ross-Thriepland, M Harris - Journal of General …, 2015 - microbiologyresearch.org
Since one of us co-authored a review on NS5A a decade ago, the hepatitis C virus (HCV)
field has changed dramatically, primarily due to the advent of the JFH-1 cell culture …

Cyclophilins facilitate dissociation of the human papillomavirus type 16 capsid protein L1 from the L2/DNA complex following virus entry

M Bienkowska-Haba, C Williams, SM Kim… - Journal of …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are composed of the major and minor capsid proteins, L1
and L2, that encapsidate a chromatinized, circular double-stranded DNA genome. At the …

[HTML][HTML] Cyclophilins and cyclophilin inhibitors in nidovirus replication

AH de Wilde, U Pham, CC Posthuma, EJ Snijder - Virology, 2018 - Elsevier
Cyclophilins (Cyps) belong to the family of peptidyl-prolyl isomerases (PPIases). The PPIase
activity of most Cyps is inhibited by the immunosuppressive drug cyclosporin A and several …

Profile of alisporivir and its potential in the treatment of hepatitis C

PA Gallay, K Lin - Drug design, development and therapy, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Two classes of hepatitis C antiviral agents currently exist, ie, direct-acting antivirals and host-
targeting antivirals. Direct-acting antivirals target viral proteins including NS3/NS4A …

Cyclophilin inhibition as a strategy for the treatment of human disease

WT Stauffer, AZ Goodman, PA Gallay - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Cyclophilins (Cyps), characterized as peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerases (PPIases), are
highly conserved and ubiquitous, playing a crucial role in protein folding and cellular …