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Hepatitis C virus stimulates low-density lipoprotein receptor expression to facilitate viral propagation.
Journal of virology - 1 Mar 2014
Syed Gulam Hussain, Tang Huihui, Khan Mohsin, Hassanein Tarek, Liu Jingwen, Siddiqui Aleem
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Lipids play a crucial role in multiple aspects of hepatitis C virus (HCV) life cycle. HCV modulates host lipid metabolism to enrich the intracellular milieu with lipids to facilitate its proliferation. However, very little is known about the influence of HCV on lipid uptake from bloodstream. Low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) is involved in uptake of cholesterol rich low-density lipoprotein (LDL)...
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