Original Article
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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 14, 2010; 16(2): 184-192
Published online Jan 14, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i2.184
An antioxidant resveratrol significantly enhanced replication of hepatitis C virus
Mitsuyasu Nakamura, Hidetsugu Saito, Masanori Ikeda, Ryota Hokari, Nobuyuki Kato, Toshifumi Hibi, Soichiro Miura
Mitsuyasu Nakamura, Ryota Hokari, Soichiro Miura, Department of Internal Medicine 2, National Defense Medical Collage, 3-2 Namiki, Tokorozawa, Saitama 3598513, Japan
Mitsuyasu Nakamura, Hidetsugu Saito, Toshifumi Hibi, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 1608582, Japan
Masanori Ikeda, Nobuyuki Kato, Department of Molecular Biology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2-5-1 Shikada-cho, Okayama 7008558, Japan
Author contributions: Nakamura M performed the majority of experiments; Ikeda M and Kato N provided reagents and were involved in editing the manuscript; Hokari R, Hibi T and Miura S provided financial support for this work; Saito H designed the study, provided financial support and wrote the manuscript.
Supported by The grant from the Japanese Ministry of Education and Science
Correspondence to: Hidetsugu Saito, MD, PhD, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 1608582, Japan. hsaito@sc.itc.keio.ac.jp
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Received: September 25, 2009
Revised: November 5, 2009
Accepted: November 12, 2009
Published online: January 14, 2010
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