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Iacovacci, S; Sargiacomo, M; Parolini, I; Ponzetto, A; Peschle, C; Carloni, G
Research in virology (Paris), 1993, Volume: 144, Issue: 4Journal Article
The ability to obtain primary long-term cultures of human foetal hepatocytes maintaining liver differentiation characteristics in serum-free medium prompted us to test their susceptibility to hepatitis C virus infection. Using PCR, we detected the presence of the HCV RNA-positive strand in the supernatants and in the cells of the virus-infected hepatocyte cultures, at various times post-infection. Evidence of effective virus genome replication and multiplication was also based on the time-dependent appearance of the putative HCV RNA-negative strand, the detection of virus replicative intermediates and an increase in HCV genomic templates in the HCV-infected cells.
