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Two PKR inhibitor HCV proteins correlate with early but not sustained response to interferon.
Gastroenterology - 1 Dec 2000
Gerotto M, Dal Pero F, Pontisso P, Noventa F, Gatta A, Alberti A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The NS5A and the E2 proteins of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-1b can bind and inhibit in vitro the interferon (IFN)-induced cellular kinase PKR. The role of such interaction in modulating the antiviral effect of IFN is still controversial. We have analyzed the E2 and the NS5A sequences in HCV-1b-infected patients treated with IFN to assess whether and how different combinations of wild-type and...
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