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Hepatitis C virus core protein triggers abnormal porphyrin metabolism in human hepatocellular carcinoma cells

Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), the most common of the human porphyrias, arises from a deficiency of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase. Studies have shown a high prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in patients with PCT. While these observations implicate HCV infection as a risk factor for PC...

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Autores principales: Nakano, Takafumi, Moriya, Kyoji, Koike, Kazuhiko, Horie, Toshiharu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5983478/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29856826
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198345