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Association of amino acid sequence in the PKR-eIF2 phosphorylation homology domain and response to interferon therapy.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Nov 2000
Chayama K, Suzuki F, Tsubota A, Kobayashi M, Arase Y, Saitoh S, Suzuki Y, Murashima N, Ikeda K, Takahashi N, Kinoshita M, Kumada H
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1b and high pretreatment virus load are well known predictive factors of poor response to interferon (IFN) therapy. In addition, a sparsity of amino acid substitutions in the interferon sensitivity determining region (ISDR) is also predictive of a poor response to IFN in patients with genotype 1b, although this issue is still controversial. Recently, a 12 amino acid domain in the...
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