Exploring the Protein Interactome Related to Hepatitis C Virus

Abstract

 Hepatitis C virus (HCV) stands as a health problem experienced across the globe leading to chronic or acute liver diseases such as cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma and various others. It is a complex disease with extensive genetic heterogeneity with little known about the interactions of complex intra- and intercellular processes. The evolving tools in the application of network science to identify diseases have paved a way for the study of complex diseases at system level. This study focuses on identifying the significant proteins and the biological regulatory pathways involved in Hepatitis C virus and performing topological analysis of the PPIs derived by the proteins encoded by the susceptible genes in order to look for the molecular connectivity between these pathways.icant proteins and the biological regulatory pathways involved in Hepatitis C virus and performing topological analysis of the PPIs derived by the proteins encoded by the susceptible genes in order to look for the molecular connectivity between these pathways.