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SUBMITTER: Takeda M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3642163 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Takeda Midori M Ikeda Masanori M Mori Kyoko K Yano Masahiko M Ariumi Yasuo Y Dansako Hiromichi H Wakita Takaji T Kato Nobuyuki N
FEBS open bio 20120822
Postmenopausal women with chronic hepatitis C exhibited a poor response to interferon (IFN) therapy compared to premenopausal women. Osteoporosis is the typical complication that occurs in postmenopausal women. Recently, it was reported that an osteoporotic reagent, vitamin D3, exhibited anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) activity. Therefore, we investigated whether or not another osteoporotic reagent, raloxifene, would exhibit anti-HCV activity in cell culture systems. Here, we demonstrated that ralo ...[more]