Transcriptome sequencing, microarray, and proteomic analyses reveal cellular and metabolic impact of hepatitis C virus infection in vitro

RNA-Seq technology, especially when combined with established methods, demonstrated that HCV infection has potentially wide-ranging effects on cellular gene and protein expression. This in vitro study indicates a substantial metabolic impact of HCV infection and highlights new mechanisms of virus-host interaction which may be highly relevant to pathogenesis in vivo.