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Hepatitis C Virus Infection Causes Iron Deficiency in Huh7.5.1 Cells

Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection frequently develop systemic iron overload, which exacerbates morbidity. Nevertheless, iron inhibits HCV replication in cell culture models and thereby exerts antiviral activity. We hypothesized that the cellular iron status is crucial for the e...

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Autores principales: Fillebeen, Carine, Pantopoulos, Kostas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3862679/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24349485
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083307