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Polymorphisms in interferon-induced genes and the outcome of hepatitis C virus infection: roles of MxA, OAS-1 and PKR.
Genes and immunity - 1 Sept 2003
Knapp S, Yee L J, Frodsham A J, Hennig B J W, Hellier S, Zhang L, Wright M, Chiaramonte M, Graves M, Thomas H C, Hill A V S, Thursz M R
Abstract excerpt
Interferon stimulates the expression of a number of genes encoding enzymes with antiviral activities, including myxovirus resistance-1 (MxA), 2-5-oligoadenylate synthetase 1 (OAS-1) and double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR). We examined whether polymorphisms in these genes influenced the outcome of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We observed a lower frequency of the GG genotype at position -88 in...
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