Characterization of HCV interactions with Toll-like receptors and RIG-I in liver cells.

The aim of this study was to examine the mechanisms of IFN induction and viral escape. In order to accomplish the goal we compared our new hepatoma cell line LH86, which has intact TLR3 and RIG-I expression and responds to HCV by inducing IFN, with Huh7.5 cells which lack those features.The initial...

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Main Authors: Erika A Eksioglu, Haizhen Zhu, Lilly Bayouth, Jennifer Bess, Hong-Yan Liu, David R Nelson, Chen Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3117876?pdf=render