| Literature DB >> 15939869 |
Jin Zhong1, Pablo Gastaminza, Guofeng Cheng, Sharookh Kapadia, Takanobu Kato, Dennis R Burton, Stefan F Wieland, Susan L Uprichard, Takaji Wakita, Francis V Chisari.
Abstract
The absence of a robust cell culture model of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has severely limited analysis of the HCV life cycle and the development of effective antivirals and vaccines. Here we report the establishment of a simple yet robust HCV cell culture infection system based on the HCV JFH-1 molecular clone and Huh-7-derived cell lines that allows the production of virus that can be efficiently propagated in tissue culture. This system provides a powerful tool for the analysis of host-virus interactions that should facilitate the discovery of antiviral drugs and vaccines for this important human pathogen.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15939869 PMCID: PMC1166622 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0503596102
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205