Up-regulation of Hedgehog pathway is associated with cellular permissiveness for hepatitis C virus replication

Hepatology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1580-1590

  Choi, Steve S ^a,b   Bradrick, Shelton ^c   Qiang, Guan ^a   Mostafavi, Anahita ^a   Chaturvedi, Gaurav ^d   Weinman, Steven A ^d   Diehl, Anna Mae ^a   Jhaveri, Ravi ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPAMINE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; VISMODEGIB;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DOSE RESPONSE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANILIDES; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CELL LINE, TUMOR; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PYRIDINES; REPLICON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UP-REGULATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 80055042635     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.24576     Document Type: Article

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