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Autoregulatory role of interleukin-10 in hepatitis C patients treated with IFN-alpha.
Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research - 1 Oct 2004
Luik Armin, Knapp Susanne, Thursz Mark, Thomas Howard C, Schlaak Jörg F
Abstract excerpt
Interferon-alpha2 (IFN-alpha2) is used as standard treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis C (cHCV), but little is known about the immunomodulatory effects of this cytokine in vivo. We have studied immunologic parameters in freshly isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of 26 patients with cHCV 12 h before and 12 h after the first s.c. injection of 5-6 MU IFN-alpha2. In PBMC obtained after IFN...
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