Hepatitis C virus (HCV) enhances its replication by modulating host cell lipid metabolism.
HCV circulates in the blood in association with lipoproteins. HCV infection is associated with …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV), a major cause of chronic liver disease, is a single-stranded positive
sense virus of the family Flaviviridae. HCV cell entry is a multi-step process, involving …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a leading cause of chronic liver disease, including chronic
hepatitis, fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatitis C infection associates …

Productive hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection appears to be primarily, and in most patients
almost exclusively, confined to the liver. However, a wide variety of extrahepatic disease …

The majority of infectious hepatitis C particles are present in the low-density fractions from
plasma of infected patients, suggesting an association of the virus with lipoproteins and the …

Objective Assessment of liver histology is pivotal in prognostication and decision-making
regarding therapeutic intervention in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV). Being an …

Background & Aims: Hepatic steatosis is frequent in chronic hepatitis C. Several
mechanisms might be implicated, including metabolic cofactors and direct viral effects on …

Hepatic steatosis is one of the most common liver disorders in the general population. The
main cause of hepatic steatosis is nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), representing the …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection afflicts more than 170 million people worldwide, with the
great majority of patients with acute hepatitis C developing chronic HCV infection. It can …

Hepatic steatosis has been associated with fibrosis, but it is unknown whether the latter is
independent of the etiology of fat infiltration. We analyzed the relationship between clinical …