Trying to catch the HCV virus in its ‘battle field’

Falasca, L; Ciccosanti, F; Nardacci, R; Antonucci, G; Piacentini, M

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Trying to catch the HCV virus in its ‘battle field’

L Falasca¹,
F Ciccosanti¹,
R Nardacci¹,
G Antonucci³ &
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M Piacentini^1,2

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The hepatitis C virus (HCV) was identified in 1989¹ and is known to be one major causative agent of chronic liver diseases. Unlike other forms of viral hepatitis, hepatitis C infection is very difficult for the immune system to overcome; consequently in most cases hepatitis C becomes chronic, resulting in a wide clinical spectrum of liver failure leading to cirrhosis in about 20% of infected patients, and with an increased risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma.

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The work was partially supported by grants from: European Community ‘Apoptosis Mechanisms’, AIRC, ‘AIDS’ project to M Piacentini and Ricerca Finalizzata from Ministero della Sanità.

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Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, INMI-I.R.C.C.S. ‘L. Spallanzani’, Rome, Italy
L Falasca, F Ciccosanti, R Nardacci & M Piacentini
Department of Biology, University of ‘Tor Vergata’, Rome, Italy
M Piacentini
Idivisione, INMI-I.R.C.C.S. ‘L. Spallancani’, Rome, Italy
G Antonucci

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Falasca, L., Ciccosanti, F., Nardacci, R. et al. Trying to catch the HCV virus in its ‘battle field’. Cell Death Differ 10 (Suppl 1), S77–S78 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.cdd.4401111

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Published: 25 March 2003
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