Hepatitis C virus core protein stimulates fibrogenesis in hepatic stellate cells involving the obese receptor

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 541-550

  Wu, Ching Fen ^a   Lin, Yun Lian ^b,c   Huang, Yi Tsau ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AMP ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE (AMPK); HEPATIC STELLATE CELL; HEPATITIS C VIRUS CORE PROTEIN; JANUS KINASE 2 (JAK2); OBESE RECEPTOR B (OB RB); OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCER AND ACTIVATOR OF TRANSCRIPTION 3 (STAT3)

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CORE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; JANUS KINASE 2; LEPTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OBESE RECEPTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PROTEIN KINASE B; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; STAT3 PROTEIN; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FIBROGENESIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STELLATE CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; AMP-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; CELL LINE; COLLAGEN TYPE I; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; HEPATITIS C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; JANUS KINASE 2; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 1; PPAR GAMMA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 84872799752     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.24392     Document Type: Article

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