| Literature DB >> 15351350 |
Seng-Lai Tan1, Yupeng He, Ying Huang, Michael Gale.
Abstract
Interferon-alpha-based therapies are the mainstay of hepatitis C treatment. However, these broad immunomodulatory agents, already limited by their side effects, expense and route of administration, are not efficacious in all cases. Therefore, research efforts have focused on identifying additional drugs and therapeutic modalities to benefit those individuals refractive to current therapy, and which might be more affordable, such as orally active small-molecule alternatives and preventive or therapeutic vaccines. It is likely that successful therapeutic intervention of hepatitis C will require a combination of approaches targeting different aspects of the viral life-cycle.Mesh:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15351350 DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2004.07.003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Opin Pharmacol ISSN: 1471-4892 Impact factor: 5.547