Table 2.

Summary of HCV transmission experiments with various hematopoetic and liver cells

	Short term	Long term
A. T-cells1	+	-
B. B-cells2	+	+
C. Monocytes/macrophages3	+	-
D. Neuronal precursors4	+	+
E. Liver cells5
Kupffer's cells	+	-
Hepatocyte	+	+/-

¹T-cells isolated from human fetal chord blood.

²B-cells immortalized by infection with transforming EBV.

³Monocyte/Macrophages, adherent cells stimulated with PMA.

⁴Recently isolated neuronal cells from fetal human brain.

⁵Freshly isolated liver cells from liver biopsies. Kupffer's cells are liver macrophages and Hepatocytes are liver endothelial cells.