Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22170544›Full record

ArticleJournal of medical virology2012

Analysis of a non-structural gene reveals evidence of possible hepatitis C virus (HCV) compartmentalization.

Jason T Blackard, Gang Ma, Jeffrey A Welge, Christina M Martin, Kenneth E Sherman, Lynn E Taylor, Kenneth H Mayer, Denise J Jamieson

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Article in Journal of medical virology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Jason T BlackardDivision of Digestive Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA. jason.blackard@uc.edu
Gang Ma
Jeffrey A Welge
Christina M Martin
Kenneth E Sherman
Lynn E Taylor
Kenneth H Mayer
Denise J Jamieson

Funding

Translational ScienceP30AI042853 · NIAID · MIRIAM HOSPITAL · PI LARRY K BROWN · 1998 to 2026
$51.7M
PARTNERS/FENWAY/SHATTUCK CENTER FOR AIDS RESEARCHP30AI042851 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI WALKER, BRUCE D · 2000 to 2003
$5.7M
Extrahepatic Replication and Viral Evolution of HCV During HCV/HIV Co-infectionR21DA022148 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI BLACKARD, JASON T · 2006 to 2007
$348k
NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI042851NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI042853NIAID NIH HHS P30-AI42851NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI42853NIDA NIH HHS R21 DA022148NIDA NIH HHS R21DA022148-01PHS HHS U64/CCU106795
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viral diversity is a hallmark of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection; however, only limited data are available regarding HCV variability in extrahepatic sites, and none have systematically compared diversity in non-structural and structural genomic regions. Therefore, HCV diversity in the NS5B and envelope 1 (E1) hypervariable region 1 (HVR1) genes was evaluated in matched sera and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) obtained from 13 HCV-infected women. Multiple clonal sequences were compared to evaluate quasispecies diversity and viral compartmentalization in PBMCs. Genetic distances were higher for E1/HVR1 compared to NS5B in both the sera and PBMCs (P = 0.0511 and 0.0284). Genetic distances were higher in serum NS5B compared to PBMC NS5B (P = 0.0003); however, they were not different when comparing E1/HVR1 in sera to PBMCs. By phylogenetic analysis of NS5B, evidence of possible PBMC compartmentalization was observed for one woman, while statistical methods were consistent with PBMC compartmentalization for six women. Evidence of compartmentalization within a non-structural genomic region may suggest that viral adaptation to a unique extracellular microenvironment(s) may be required for efficient replication and could contribute to HCV persistence.

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AdultAmino Acid SequenceFemaleGenetic VariationHepacivirusHepatitis C, ChronicHumansLeukocytes, MononuclearMiddle AgedPhylogenyRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseSequence Analysis, ProteinViral Envelope ProteinsViral Nonstructural ProteinsYoung AdultE1 protein, Hepatitis C virusNS-5 protein, hepatitis C virusRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseViral Envelope ProteinsViral Nonstructural Proteins

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PMID22170544
PMCPMC3243959

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