Fig. 6: Binding of CYS to SCARB1 leads to functional inhibition of HCVpp entry into hepatocytes.

a SCARB1 is known for its crucial role in binding and transfer of HCV lipoviral particles into hepatocytes (Created in BioRender. Risch, T. (2025) https://BioRender.com/z15x436). b HCVpp entry assays with glycoprotein JFH-1 (genotype 2a). Binding of CYS to SCARB1 leads to concentration-dependent inhibition of HCVpp entry into hepatocytes. ITX5061 was used as positive control. c HCVpp entry assays with glycoprotein Con1 (genotype 1b) also showed concentration-dependent entry inhibitory activity of CYS. Data are shown as mean values with standard deviation (n = 5).