Objective This study aims to investigate the effects of interferon-λ1( IFN-λ1) on the expression of autophagy-related genes in Huh7 cells and illuminate novel mechanism( s) invovled in anti-HCV activity of IFN-λ1. Methods HCV JFH-1-infected Huh7 cells were treated by IFN-λ1. The expression of autophagy-related genes LC3,Beclin,ATG3,ATG5,ATG7,Bcl-xl,Bad at mRNA level in Huh7 cells and the levels of HCV RNA were determined by RTPCR. The protein expression of cellular autophagy-related genes and HCV Core were ...
丙型肝炎病毒(hepatitis C virus,HCV)感染一直是一个备受关注的公共卫生问题,目前全世界约有1.8亿HCV感染者[1],估计我国有1千万[2]。患者感染HCV后,有70%~80%急性感染者可发展成慢性持续性感染,少部分慢性患者会进展为肝硬化及肝细胞癌[3]。目前以I型干扰素(interferon,IFN)?