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Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Hepatitis B Virus and Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Tengyue Hu1,2, Jiayi Wang1,2, Weixiu Li1,2
1Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Abstract:
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, a type of cellular stress, always occurs when unfolded or misfolded proteins accumulating in the ER exceed the protein folding capacity. Because of the demand for rapid viral protein synthesis after viral infection, viral infections become a risk factor for ER stress. The hepatocyte is a cell with large and well-developed ER, and hepatitis virus infection is widespread in the population, indicating the interaction between hepatitis viruses and ER stress may have significance for managing liver diseases. In this paper, we review the process that is initiated by the hepatocyte through ER stress against HBV and HCV infection and explain how this information can be helpful in the treatment of HBV/HCV-related diseases.
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