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Iron Regulator Hepcidin Exhibits Antiviral Activity against Hepatitis C Virus

Hepatitis C viral infection affects 170 million people worldwide. It causes serious chronic liver diseases. HCV infection has been implicated in iron accumulation in the liver and iron overload has been shown to be a potential cofactor for HCV associated hepatocellular carcinoma progression. The und...

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Autores principales: Liu, Hongyan, Trinh, Thu Le, Dong, Huijia, Keith, Robertson, Nelson, David, Liu, Chen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3478283/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23110054
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046631