(-)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate enhances poly I:C-induced interferon-λ1 production and inhibits hepatitis C virus replication in hepatocytes
Yi-Zhong Wang, Ting Zhang, Department of Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Children’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200040, China
Jie-Liang Li, Xu Wang, Wen-Zhe Ho, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, United States
Author contributions: Wang YZ, Zhang T and Ho WZ designed the research; Wang YZ and Li JL performed the research; Wang X contributed new reagents/analytical tools; Wang YZ and Zhang T analyzed the data; Wang YZ and Zhang T wrote the paper.
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81500449; the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai, No. 14ZR1434200; Shanghai Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning, No. 20144Y0175; the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars; and the State Education Ministry of China, No. 20150909-6.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest associated with this manuscript.
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Correspondence to: Ting Zhang, MD, PhD, Department of Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Children’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 355 Luding Road, Shanghai 200040, China. zhangt@shchildren.com.cn
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Received: January 4, 2017
Peer-review started: January 6, 2017
First decision: March 16, 2017
Revised: March 30, 2017
Accepted: July 22, 2017
Article in press: July 24, 2017
Published online: August 28, 2017
