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Identification of Cholesterol 25-Hydroxylase as a Novel Host Restriction Factor and a Part of the Primary Innate Immune Responses against Hepatitis C Virus Infection
23 Apr 2015
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UNLABELLED: Hepatitis C virus (HCV), a single-stranded positive-sense RNA virus of the Flaviviridae family, causes chronic liver diseases, including hepatitis, cirrhosis, and cancer. HCV infection is critically dependent on host lipid metabolism, which contributes to all stages of the viral life cycle, including virus entry, replication, assembly, and release. 25-Hydroxycholesterol (25HC) plays a critical role in...
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