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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-6-21
pubmed:abstractText
In order to determine the replication sites of hepatitis C virus, the in situ hybridization and immunohistochemical technique using digoxin-labeled 531 bp plus-strand and minus-strand HCVRNA probes were employed to detect HCVRNA in the liver tissues, bone marrow mononuclear cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from the patients with chronic hepatitis C, and in HCV transfected COS cells. The results showed that both plus-strand and minus-strand HCVRNA were detected in 80% of liver tissues (4/5). Plus-strand HCVRNA could be detected in 90% of PBMCs and bone marrow mononuclear cells (18/20), minus-strand HCVRNA in 25% of PBMCs. In HCV transfected COS cells, plus-strand HCVRNA distributed evenly in 20% cellular nuclei and cytoplasms. No minus-strand HCVRNA was detected in the bone marrow mononuclear cells and HCV transfected COS cells. The positive signal appeared in more cells when the liver tissues, PBMCs and marrow mononuclear cells were hybridized by plus-strand probes than when hybridized by minus-strand probes. Our results suggested that the hepatocytic cytoplasms and PBMC cytoplasms were the replication sites of HCV, but the marrow mononuclear cells were not the replication sites of HCV although they were infected by HCV. HCV infection might be accounted for the pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis and relapse of hepatitis C after liver transplantation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0257-716X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
149-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Extrahepatic and intrahepatic replication and expression of hepatitis C virus.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Infectious Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't