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Hepatitis C virus replication is inhibited by 22beta-methoxyolean-12-ene-3beta, 24(4beta)-diol (ME3738) through enhancing interferon-beta.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Jul 2008
Hiasa Yoichi, Kuzuhara Hiroyuki, Tokumoto Yoshio, Konishi Ichiro, Yamashita Nobuyuki, Matsuura Bunzo, Michitaka Kojiro, Chung Raymond T, Onji Morikazu
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UNLABELLED: A derivative of soyasapogenol, 22beta-methoxyolean-12-ene-3beta, 24(4beta)-diol (ME3738), ameliorates liver injury induced by Concanavalin A in mice. We examined whether ME3738 has independent antiviral effects against hepatitis C virus (HCV) using an established HCV replication model that expresses the full-length genotype 1a HCV complementary DNA plasmid (pT7-flHCV-Rz) under the control of a...
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