Completion of hepatitis C virus replication cycle in heterokaryons excludes dominant restrictions in human non-liver and mouse liver cell lines.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is hepatotropic and only infects humans and chimpanzees.Consequently, an immunocompetent 100w products small animal model is lacking.The restricted tropism of HCV likely reflects specific host factor requirements.We investigated if dominant restriction factors expressed in non-liver or non-human cell lines inhibit HCV propag