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Hepatic steatosis in hepatitis C is a storage disease due to HCV interaction with microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP)

Liver steatosis is a frequent histological feature in patients chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). The relationship between HCV and hepatic steatosis seems to be the result of both epigenetic and genetic factors. In vivo and in vitro studies have shown that HCV can alter intrahepatic...

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Autores principales: Mirandola, Silvia, Bowman, David, Hussain, Mahmood M, Alberti, Alfredo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2838899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20178560
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-7075-7-13