Hepatitis C Virus I

Part I. Hepatitis C Virus

1. Towards the Control of Hepatitis C
Michael Houghton

2. Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes and Their Evolution
Tadasu Shin-I, Masaya Sugiyama, Masashi Mizokami

3. The Structure of HCV
Joseph Marcotrigiano, Maria Teresa Catanese

Part II. The Viral Life Cycle

4. Cell Culture Systems for Propagation of HCV
Takaji Wakita

5. HCV Receptors and Virus Entry
Rajiv G. Tawar, Catherine Schuster, Thomas F. Baumert

6. Structural Proteins of HCV and Biological Functions
Kohji Moriishi, Yoshiharu Matsuura

7. Role of Nonstructural Proteins in HCV Replication
Tetsuro Suzuki, Ryosuke Suzuki

8. The HCV Replicase Complex and Viral RNA Synthesis
Inés Romero-Brey, Volker Lohmann

9. Hepatitis C Virus-Host Interactions
Ana Shulla, Glenn Randall

10. Lipid Peroxidation and Hepatitis C Virus Replication
Daisuke Yamane, Stanley M. Lemon

11. Lipid and Lipoprotein Components Play Important Roles the Egress and Infectivity of Hepatitis C Virions
Takayuki Hishiki, Yuko Shimizu, Saneyuki Ujino, Hironori Nishitsuji, Kunitada Shimotohno

Part III. Immune Recognition and Pathogenesis

12. New Animal Models for Hepatitis C
Markus Schaewen, Jenna M. Gaska, Alexander Ploss

13. Innate Immune Recognition of Hepatitis C Virus
Kui Li

14. B Cell Responses and Control of HCV Infection
Zhen-Yong Keck, Thomas R. Fuerst, Roy A. Mariuzza, Steven K. H. Foung

Nyckelord: Biomedicine, Virology, Hepatology, Immunology