title: Recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor reduces hepatitis C virus replication in mononuclear cells from chronic hepatitis C patients.
abstract: Hepatitis C virus infects mononuclear leukocytes of patients with chronic hepatitis C. Treatment with rhG-CSF led to a dose-related reduction in the genomic and antigenomic hepatitis C viral strands in cultures of mitogen-stimulated, naturally-infected peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with chronic hepatitis C. Hepatitis C virus genomic strand of subtype 1b was suppressed in 5 of 11 cases, and concurrently with suppression of the viral antigenomic strand in two of them. The treatment also resulted in a significantly increased release of interleukin 6, but not of other cytokines. However, the biological response of hepatitis C virus-infected mononuclear cells to treatment with recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor was unrelated to any particular pattern of cytokine production.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Hepatologia, Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Navas
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Quiroga
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Carreno
mesh_terms: D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000502:physiology*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000821:virology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014779:Virus Replication / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor