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Establishment of hepatitis C virus replicon cell lines possessing interferon-resistant phenotype.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 8 Oct 2004
Namba Katsuyuki, Naka Kazuhito, Dansako Hiromichi, Nozaki Akito, Ikeda Masanori, Shiratori Yasushi, Shimotohno Kunitada, Kato Nobuyuki
Abstract excerpt
To clarify the mechanism underlying resistance to interferon (IFN) by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in patients with chronic hepatitis, we attempted to develop an IFN-resistant HCV replicon from the IFN-sensitive 50-1 replicon established previously. By treating 50-1 replicon cells with a prolonged low-dose treatment of IFN-alpha and then transfecting the total RNA derived from the IFN-alpha-treated replicon cells,...
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