... hepatocytes.Materials and methodsCells and chemicals Human hepatoma Huh7 cells were grown in DMEM con-taining 10% FBS, 1× penicillin, streptomycin, fungizone,10mM L-glutamine, and 1× non-essential amino acids ... Jak-Statpathways in human liver cells. To begin to address these issues, we characterized the interactionof acute ethanol on Jak-Stat and MAPK pathways in Huh7 cells, HCV replicon cells lines, and primary human ... Ras-ERK, and phosphoinositol 3 kinase(PI3K) [36-40]. However, p38 kinase activity, which isimportant in IFN-α and IFN-γ induced transcription, isnot involved in IFN induced Stat1 serine phosphorylation[16,19]....