HCV NS5A Up-Regulates COX-2 Expression via IL-8-Mediated Activation of the ERK/JNK MAPK Pathway

• Wei-Chun Chen,

  Affiliation Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Chin-Kai Tseng,

  Affiliations Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Center of Infectious Disease and Signaling Research, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

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• Yen-Hsu Chen,

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Graduate Institute of Medicine, Sepsis Research Center, Center for Dengue Fever Control and Research, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Biological Science and Technology, College of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, HsinChu, Taiwan

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• Chun-Kuang Lin,

  Affiliation Doctoral Degree Program in Marine Biotechnology, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Shih-hsien Hsu,

  Affiliation Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Shen-Nien Wang,

  Affiliations Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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• Jin-Ching Lee

  * E-mail: jclee@kmu.edu.tw

  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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