MAP1LC3A and infection: However, in the study by Mohl et al., the LC3 lipidation was detected at as early as 4 h post-HCV infection [28], which was in sharp contrast to the studies conducted by Huang et al., who used the same HCV JFH1 strain for the infection studies and did not detect a significant increase of LC3 lipidation until 4 days after infection [24].