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Analysis of interleukin (IL)-1beta IL-1 receptor antagonist, soluble IL-1 receptor type II and IL-1 accessory protein in HCV-associated lymphoproliferative disorders.
Oncology reports - 1 May 2006
Libra Massimo, Mangano Katia, Anzaldi Massimiliano, Quattrocchi Cinzia, Donia Marco, di Marco Roberto, Signorelli Santo, Scalia Guido, Zignego Anna L, de Re Valli, Mazzarino Maria C, Nicoletti Ferdinando
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, and may also induce type II mixed cryoglobulinemia syndrome (MC), a disease characterized by clonal B-cell lymphoproliferations that can evolve into non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a cytokine that plays an important role in initiating the cascade of events of immunoinflammatory responses through...
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