Viral Hepatitis
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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 14, 2006; 12(30): 4836-4842
Published online Aug 14, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i30.4836
HepG2 cells support viral replication and gene expression of hepatitis C virus genotype 4 in vitro
Mostafa K El-Awady, Ashraf A Tabll, Yasmine S El-Abd, Mahmoud M Bahgat, Hussein A Shoeb, Samar S Youssef, Noha G Bader El Din, El-Rashdy M Redwan, Maha El-Demellawy, Moataza H Omran, Wael T El-Garf, Said A Goueli
Mostafa K El-Awady, Yasmine S El-Abd, Samar S Youssef, Noha G Bader El Din, Moataza H Omran, Wael T El-Garf, Ashraf ATabll, Department of Biomedical Technology, National Research Center, Tahrir Street, PO 12622, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
Mahmoud M Bahgat, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, National Research Center, Tahrir Street, PO 12622, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt
Hussein A Shoeb, Department of Microbiology and Immunology Faculty of Pharmacy Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
El-Rashdy M Redwan, Maha El-Demellawy, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Institute , New Borg El-Arab City, Alexandria, Egypt
Said A Goueli, Department of Pathology School of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Madison WI, United States
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Supported by the Ministry of Scientific Research, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology, Medical Research Council Code: P5-MED-030-01 and US-Egypt joint project BIO7-002-011
Correspondence to: Dr. Mostafa K El-Awady, Department of Biomedical Technology, National Research Center, Tahrir Street, PO 12622, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. mkawady@yahoo.com
Telephone: +20-12-3132640 Fax: +20-2-3370931
Received: October 18, 2005
Revised: December 23, 2005
Accepted: January 24, 2006
Published online: August 14, 2006
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