Hepatitis C virus core or NS3/4A protein expression preconditions hepatocytes against oxidative stress and endoplasmic reticulum stress

• Main Authors: W. Alfredo Ríos-Ocampo (Author), Toos Daemen (Author), Manon Buist-Homan (Author), Klaas Nico Faber (Author), María-Cristina Navas (Author), Han Moshage (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: The occurrence of oxidative stress and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been demonstrated and play an important role in liver injury. During viral infection, hepatocytes must handle not only the replication of the virus, but also inflammatory sig...