Antiviral Activity of Glycyrrhizin against Hepatitis C Virus In Vitro

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Matsumoto, Yoshihiro ^a,b   Matsuura, Tomokazu ^b   Aoyagi, Haruyo ^a   Matsuda, Mami ^a   Hmwe, Su Su ^a   Date, Tomoko ^a   Watanabe, Noriyuki ^a   Watashi, Koichi ^a   Suzuki, Ryosuke ^a   Ichinose, Shizuko ^c   Wake, Kenjiro ^c,d   Suzuki, Tetsuro ^e   Miyamura, Tatsuo ^a   Wakita, Takaji ^a   Aizaki, Hideki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Minophagen Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN; INTERFERON; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN HUH7; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REPLICON; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS ENTRY; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS RELEASE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; ELECTROPORATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; GROUP IB PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RNA INTERFERENCE; VIRUS INTERNALIZATION;

EID: 84880408452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068992     Document Type: Article

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