Hepatitis C Virus Induced Endothelial Inflammatory Response Depends on the Functional Expression of TNFα Receptor Subtype 2

In hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, morbidity and mortality often result from extrahepatic disease manifestations. We provide evidence for a role of receptors of the innate immune system in virally induced inflammation of the endothelium in vitro and in vivo. Corresponding to the in vitro finding...

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Main Authors: Pircher, Joachim, Czermak, Thomas, Merkle, Monika, Mannell, Hanna, Krötz, Florian, Ribeiro, Andrea, Vielhauer, Volker, Nadjiri, Jonathan, Gaitzsch, Erik, Niemeyer, Markus, Porubsky, Stefan, Gröne, Hermann-Josef, Wörnle, Markus
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4242623/