Part I. Hepatitis C Virus.- 1. Towards the Control of Hepatitis C (Michael Houghton).- 2. Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes and Their Evolution (Tadasu Shin-I, Masaya Sugiyama, Masashi Mizokami).- 3. The Structure of HCV (Joseph Marcotrigiano and Maria Teresa Catanese).- Part II. The Viral Life Cycle.- 4. Cell Culture Systems for Propagation of HCV.- 5. HCV Receptors and Virus Entry (Rajiv G. Tawar, Catherine Schuster, and Thomas F. Baumert).- 6. Structural Proteins of HCV and Biological Functions (Kohji Moriishi and Yoshiharu Matsuura).- 7. Role of Nonstructural Proteins in HCV Replication (Tetsuro Suzuki and Ryosuke Suzuki).- 8. The HCV Replicase Complex and Viral RNA Synthesis (Inés Romero Brey and Volker Lohmann).- 9. Host factors and the HCV lifecycle (Glenn Randall).- 10. Lipid Peroxidation and Hepatitis C Virus Replication (Daisuke Yamane and Stanley M. Lemon).- 11. Lipid and Lipoprotein Components Play Important Roles in HCV Egress and Infectivity (Takayuki Hishiki, Yuko Shimizu, Saneyuki Ujino, Hironori Nishitsuji, and Kunitada Shimotohno).- Part III. Immune Recognition and Pathogenesis.- 12. New Animal Models for Hepatitis C (Alex Ploss).- 13. Innate Immune Recognition of Hepatitis C Virus (Kui Li).- 14. B Cell Responses and Control of HCV Infection (Zhen-Yong Keck, Thomas R. Fuerst, Roy A. Mariuzza, and Steven K.H. Foung).
