Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25701818›Full record

ReviewThe Journal of general virology2015

Hepatitis C virus infection of cholangiocarcinoma cell lines.

Nicola F Fletcher, Elizabeth Humphreys, Elliott Jennings, William Osburn, Samantha Lissauer, Garrick K Wilson, Sven C D van IJzendoorn, Thomas F Baumert, Peter Balfe, Simon Afford and 1 more

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Review in The Journal of general virology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Nicola F FletcherCentre for Human Virology, Viral Hepatitis Laboratory, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
Elizabeth HumphreysCentre for Liver Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
Elliott JenningsCentre for Human Virology, Viral Hepatitis Laboratory, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
William OsburnDepartment of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Samantha LissauerCentre for Human Virology, Viral Hepatitis Laboratory, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
Garrick K WilsonCentre for Human Virology, Viral Hepatitis Laboratory, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
Sven C D van IJzendoornDepartment of Cell Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen 9713AV, The Netherlands.
Thomas F BaumertInserm U1110, University of Strasbourg 3 Rue Koeberlé, F-67000 Strasbourg, France.
Peter BalfeCentre for Human Virology, Viral Hepatitis Laboratory, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
Simon AffordCentre for Liver Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
Jane A McKeatingCentre for Liver Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
University of Birmingham · GBInserm · FRJohns Hopkins University · USNIHR Birmingham Liver Biomedical Research Unit · GBUniversity of Groningen · NL

Funding

Medical Research Council G0400802Medical Research Council G0801976Medical Research Council G1100247
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects the liver and hepatocytes are the major cell type supporting viral replication. Hepatocytes and cholangiocytes derive from a common hepatic progenitor cell that proliferates during inflammatory conditions, raising the possibility that cholangiocytes may support HCV replication and contribute to the hepatic reservoir. We screened cholangiocytes along with a panel of cholangiocarcinoma-derived cell lines for their ability to support HCV entry and replication. While primary cholangiocytes were refractory to infection and lacked expression of several entry factors, two cholangiocarcinoma lines, CC-LP-1 and Sk-ChA-1, supported efficient HCV entry; furthermore, Sk-ChA-1 cells supported full virus replication. In vivo cholangiocarcinomas expressed all of the essential HCV entry factors; however, cholangiocytes adjacent to the tumour and in normal tissue showed a similar pattern of receptor expression to ex vivo isolated cholangiocytes, lacking SR-BI expression, explaining their inability to support infection. This study provides the first report that HCV can infect cholangiocarcinoma cells and suggests that these heterogeneous tumours may provide a reservoir for HCV replication in vivo.

Indexed as

Viral TropismCell Line, TumorEpithelial CellsHepacivirusHumansVirus InternalizationVirus Replication

Identifiers

PMID25701818
PMCPMC4635488
OpenAlexW2085428317

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