Human stem cell-derived hepatocyte-like cells support Zika virus replication and provide a relevant model to assess the efficacy of potential antivirals

• Tine Tricot ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tine Tricot, Nicky Helsen

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tine.tricot@kuleuven.be (TT); catherine.verfaillie@kuleuven.be (CMV)

  Affiliation Stem Cell Institute, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6710-4838

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• Nicky Helsen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Tine Tricot, Nicky Helsen

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Ismar Healthcare NV, Lier, Belgium

  Affiliation Stem Cell Institute, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

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• Suzanne J. F. Kaptein,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Leuven, Belgium

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• Johan Neyts ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation KU Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Leuven, Belgium

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• Catherine M. Verfaillie

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tine.tricot@kuleuven.be (TT); catherine.verfaillie@kuleuven.be (CMV)

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Stem Cell Institute, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

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