Hepatitis C Virus
Studies from Canada, the United States and Germany add new findings to hepatitis C virus body of knowledge
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, May 15th, 2006
Study 1: According to research from Canada, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) alpha antagonism inhibits hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication.
"HCV is a global health problem and a leading cause of liver disease. Here, we demonstrate that the replication of HCV replicon RNA in Huh-7 cells is inhibited by a PPAR antagonist, 2-chloro-5-nitro-N-(pyridyl) benzamide (BA)," wrote B. Rakic and colleagues, National Research Council of Canada.
The authors wrote, "Downregulation of PPAR gamma with RNA interference approaches had no...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2006-05-15)
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