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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Lemon SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2906263 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of biological chemistry 20100510 30
Persistent hepatitis C virus infection is associated with progressive hepatic fibrosis and liver cancer. Acute infection evokes several distinct innate immune responses, but these are partially or completely countered by the virus. Hepatitis C virus proteins serve dual functions in replication and immune evasion, acting to disrupt cellular signaling pathways leading to interferon synthesis, subvert Jak-STAT signaling to limit expression of interferon-stimulated genes, and block antiviral activit ...[more]