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Maintenance of T1 response as induced during PEG-IFNalpha plus ribavirin therapy controls viral replication in genotype-1 patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Revista espanola de enfermedades digestivas - 1 Jul 2005
Trapero M, García-Buey L, Muñoz C, Vitón M, Moreno-Monteagudo J A, Borque M J, Quintana N E, Moreno-Otero R
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OBJECTIVES: To analyze the T1/T2 cytokine profile in CD8 T cells from peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with genotype-1 CHC during treatment with pegylated interferon (Peg-IFN) alpha2a plus ribavirin (RBV). To correlate Th1/Th2 balance with virological response. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this prospective longitudinal study, a total of 28 naïve genotype-1 CHC patients received Peg-IFNalpha2a (180...
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