Volume 24, No 10, Oct 2014

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
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Volume 24 Issue 10, October 2014: 1153-1154

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

A new HCV mouse model on the block

Rajiv G Tawar^1,2, Laurent Mailly^1,2 and Thomas F Baumert^1,2,3

¹Inserm, U1110, Strasbourg, France
²Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
³Pôle Hépato-digestif, Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire, Strasbourg, France Correspondence: Thomas F Baumert, Tel: (33) 368853703; Fax: (33) 368853750(Thomas.Baumert@unistra.fr)

The investigation of virus-induced liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma needs small animal models modeling hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and liver disease biology. A recent study published in Cell Research reports a novel mouse model which is permissive for chronic HCV infection and shows chronic liver injury including inflammation, steatosis and fibrosis.

10.1038/cr.2014.126

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