| Budget Amount *help |
¥46,670,000 (Direct Cost: ¥35,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥10,770,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥11,310,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,610,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥11,310,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,610,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥11,310,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,610,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥12,740,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,940,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Patients with chronic hepatitis C often develop steato-hepatitis. Abnormality of liver metabolism, often caused by activation of liver metabolism, in HCV infected liver is high, but roles of such the high metabolic activation in the cells in regards to virus proliferation remains elusive. We analyzed the role of lipid as well as its metabolism on HCV production and found; (1) HCV core protein is involved in accumulation of lipid droplet in the infected cells, (2) HCV associates with lipoprotein component(s) which is important for virus infectivity, (3) in particular, apolipoprotein E (Apo-E) plays an important roles in virus infectivity, (4) lipoprotein lipase treatment abolished virus infectivity possibly by dissociation of Apo-E from virus particle, (5) HCV infectivity is influenced by Apo-E isoforms; Apo-E3 and –E4 isoforms show high infectivity and Apo-E2 low. We also found a new lipoprotein receptor, VLDLR, for HCV entry.
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