Inhibition of both protease and helicase activities of hepatitis C virus NS3 by an ethyl acetate extract of marine sponge Amphimedon sp.

Inhibition of both protease and helicase activities of hepatitis C virus NS3 by an ethyl acetate extract of marine sponge Amphimedon sp.

Combination therapy with ribavirin, interferon, and viral protease inhibitors could be expected to elicit a high level of sustained virologic response in patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). However, several severe side effects of this combination therapy have been encountered in clinical...

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Main Authors: Yuusuke Fujimoto, Kazi Abdus Salam, Atsushi Furuta, Yasuyoshi Matsuda, Osamu Fujita, Hidenori Tani, Masanori Ikeda, Nobuyuki Kato, Naoya Sakamoto, Shinya Maekawa, Nobuyuki Enomoto, Nicole J de Voogd, Masamichi Nakakoshi, Masayoshi Tsubuki, Yuji Sekiguchi, Satoshi Tsuneda, Nobuyoshi Akimitsu, Naohiro Noda, Atsuya Yamashita, Junichi Tanaka, Kohji Moriishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3492463?pdf=render

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