Substitution in Amino Acid 70 of Hepatitis C Virus Core Protein Changes the Adipokine Profile via Toll-Like Receptor 2/4 Signaling

• Satoko Uraki ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Satoko Uraki, Masahiko Tameda

  Affiliation First Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan

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• Masahiko Tameda ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Satoko Uraki, Masahiko Tameda

  Affiliations First Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan, Department of Molecular and Laboratory Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, 2–174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie, 514–8507, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan

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• Kazushi Sugimoto ,

  * E-mail: kazushi@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations First Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan, Department of Molecular and Laboratory Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, 2–174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie, 514–8507, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan

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• Katsuya Shiraki,

  Affiliations First Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan

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• Yoshiyuki Takei,

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan

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• Tsutomu Nobori,

  Affiliation Department of Molecular and Laboratory Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, 2–174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie, 514–8507, Japan

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• Masaaki Ito

  Affiliation First Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan

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