Green Tea Phenolic Epicatechins Inhibit Hepatitis C Virus Replication via Cycloxygenase-2 and Attenuate Virus-Induced Inflammation

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Ying-Ting Lin,

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Yu-Hsuan Wu,

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Chin-Kai Tseng,

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Chun-Kuang Lin,

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Wei-Chun Chen,

Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Yao-Chin Hsu ,

* E-mail: cmh7100@mail.chimei.org.tw (YCH); jclee@kmu.edu.tw (JCL)

Affiliation Department of Chinese Medicine, ChiMei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
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Jin-Ching Lee

* E-mail: cmh7100@mail.chimei.org.tw (YCH); jclee@kmu.edu.tw (JCL)

Affiliations Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Natural Products, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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