Journal of Hepatology
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 29-38 , July 2009

Hepatitis C virus single-stranded RNA induces innate immunity via Toll-like receptor 7

  • Yi-Liang Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Genetics, Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiang’Yin Road, 200433 Shanghai, China
    • ,
  • Ying-Jun Guo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Genetics, Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiang’Yin Road, 200433 Shanghai, China
    • ,
  • Bin Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Secondary Hepatic Surgery, Eastern Hepatic Biliary Hospital, Secondary Military Medicine University, 800 Xiang’Yin, Shanghai, China
    • ,
  • Shu-Han Sun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Genetics, Second Military Medical University, 800 Xiang’Yin Road, 200433 Shanghai, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel./fax: +86 21 25070331.

Received 18 October 2008 ,Revised 16 February 2009 ,Accepted 2 March 2009.

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☆ The authors who have taken part in this study declared that they do not have anything to disclose regarding funding from industry or conflict of interest with respect to this manuscript.

PII: S0168-8278(09)00245-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2009.03.012

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 29-38 , July 2009

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