Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26150811›Full record

ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2015

Hepatitis C virus and host cell nuclear transport machinery: a clandestine affair.

Barbara Bonamassa, Francesco Ciccarese, Veronica Di Antonio, Andrea Contarini, Giorgio Palù, Gualtiero Alvisi

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Nuclear trafficking ofVirus evolution · 2025
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. SUMO and Cytoplasmic RNA Viruses: From Enemies to Best Friends.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2020
    Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Review
  11. Review
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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Barbara BonamassaDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua , Padua, Italy.
Francesco CiccareseVeneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS , Padua, Italy.
Veronica Di AntonioDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua , Padua, Italy.
Andrea ContariniDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua , Padua, Italy.
Giorgio PalùDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua , Padua, Italy.
Gualtiero AlvisiDepartment of Molecular Medicine, University of Padua , Padua, Italy.
University of Padua · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is growing evidence that factors encoded by cytoplasmic replicating viruses functionally interact with components of the nucleocytoplasmic transport apparatus. They do so either to access the cell nucleus, thus affecting genes expression, or to interfere with nuclear transport functionality, hindering host immune response. Recent studies revealed that the hepatitis C virus (HCV) makes no exception, interacting with the host cell nuclear transport machinery at two different levels. On the one hand, small amounts of both core and NS5A localize within the host cell nucleus during productive infection, modulating gene expression and signaling functions to promote persistent infection. On the other hand, HCV infection causes a profound redistribution of certain nucleoproteins to the close proximity of endoplasmic reticulum membrane-derived viral replication factories, where viral RNA amplification occurs. These nucleoporins are believed to form nuclear pore complex-like structures, as suggested by their ability to recruit nuclear localization sequence-bearing proteins. Thus, both processes are linked to virus-induced persistence and pathogenesis, representing possible targets for the development of novel anti-HCV therapeutics.

Indexed as

caspaseexportinimportinNPCnuclear importnucleoporinRanreplication factories

Identifiers

PMID26150811
PMCPMC4472997
OpenAlexW1573549659

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.