Hepatitis C Virus I - 9784431567752

Springer Verlag, Japan

Hepatitis C Virus ICellular and Molecular Virology\nAuthor(s): Tatsuo Miyamura, Stanley M. Lemon, Christopher M. Walker, Takaji Wakita\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Springer Verlag, Japan, Japan\nImprint: Springer Verlag, Japan\nISBN-13: 9784431567752, 978-4431567752\nSynopsis\nThis volume is composed of chapters that review important fundamental aspects of HCV biology and disease pathogenesis including, for example, the discovery and identification of the HCV genome, early virus-cell interactions including identification of various cellular receptors, HCV gene expression studied using the HCV replicon system, identification and characterization of HCV structural- and non-structural HCV proteins, HCV replication in cultured cells, and host factors involved in viral replication. This volume also contains chapters dealing with immunity to HCV infection and pathogenesis. This is particularly important in understanding hepatitis C because HCV infection alone is not cell lytic. Mechanism.