intracellular events including the nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) signaling supposedly associated
with inflammatory response, cell proliferation, and apoptosis. In order to elucidate the effect
of HCV core protein on the NF-κB signaling in HeLa and HepG2 cells, a reporter assay was
utilized. HCV core protein significantly activated NF-κB signaling in a dose-dependent
manner not only in HeLa and HepG2 cells transiently transfected with core protein …