| Budget Amount *help |
¥17,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥6,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥6,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,440,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Cellular lipids function as building blocks of biomembranes and signaling molecules thereby being fundamental components for all cells. In this study, we analyzed the function of cellular lipids for infection cycle of hepatitis C virus and infectious prion. We found that certain types of phosphoinositide were required for replication process of human hepatitis C virus. In addition, we found that the inhibition of sphingolipid biosynthesis substantially suppressed cell-to-cell transmission of infectious prion using newly developed infectious prion transmission assay system.
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