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Development and validation of a "capture-fusion" model to study drug sensitivity of patient-derived hepatitis C.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Apr 2015
Cunningham Morven E, Javaid Alia, Waters Jenny, Davidson-Wright Joseph, Wong Joshua L C, Jones Meleri, Foster Graham R
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UNLABELLED: Emerging therapies for chronic hepatitis C viral (HCV) infection involve inhibition of viral enzymes with drug combinations. Natural, or treatment-induced, enzyme polymorphisms reduce efficacy. We developed a phenotyping assay to aid drug selection based on viral transfer from monocytes to hepatocytes. We studied HCV in monocytes from infected patients and developed a model in which patient-derived...
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