CD40 inhibits replication of hepatitis C virus in primary human hepatocytes by c‐jun N terminal kinase activation independent from the interferon pathway

Sibylle J. Rau, Eberhard Hildt, Kiyoshi Himmelsbach, Robert Thimme, Takaji Wakita, Hubert E. Blum, Richard Fischer – 19 July 2012 – CD40, a member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor family, and its ligand, CD40L (CD154), are important regulators of the antiviral immune response. CD40L is up‐regulated on lymphocytes and CD40 on hepatocytes during infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV); we investigated the role of CD40 signaling during HCV replication in hepatocytes.

Glycogen synthase kinase 3‐mediated voltage‐dependent anion channel phosphorylation controls outer mitochondrial membrane permeability during lipid accumulation

Cecile Martel, Maya Allouche, Davide Degli Esposti, Elena Fanelli, Céline Boursier, Céline Henry, Joel Chopineau, Giuseppe Calamita, Guido Kroemer, Antoinette Lemoine, Catherine Brenner – 19 July 2012 – Nonalcoholic steatosis is a liver pathology characterized by fat accumulation and severe metabolic alterations involving early mitochondrial impairment and late hepatocyte cell death. However, mitochondrial dysfunction mechanisms remain elusive.

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