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Hepatitis C virus genotype-3a core protein enhances sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1 activity through the phosphoinositide 3-kinase-Akt-2 pathway.
The Journal of general virology - 1 Jun 2010
Jackel-Cram Candice, Qiao Ling, Xiang Zhongua, Brownlie Robert, Zhou Yan, Babiuk Lorne, Liu Qiang
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Hepatitis C virus genotype-3a (HCV-3a) is directly linked to the development of steatosis. We previously showed that, through sterol regulatory element binding protein-1 (SREBP-1), HCV-3a core protein upregulates the promoter activity of fatty acid synthase, a major enzyme involved in de novo lip...
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