Hepatitis C Virus

New findings from the United States, France and Canada in the area of hepatitis C virus detailed

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, June 19th, 2006

Data on hepatitis C virus are outlined in reports from the United States, France and Canada.

Study 1: Recent research from the United States has reported that hepatitis C virus (HCV) core gene stimulates anti-core cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) activity.

"Chronic HCV infection cases resistant to conventional therapies might be treated by immunotherapy as CTLs are the main mechanism through which viral infections are cleared. The HCV core gene, with the highest homology between HCV types, deleted of its autoimmune-stimulating regions (pseudo-GOR and pseudo-p450), may be an appropriate antigen for targeting HCV-infected cells," wrote Y. Liu and...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2006-06-19)

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