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Correlation of amino acid variations within nonstructural 4B protein with initial viral kinetics during interferon-alpha-based therapy in HCV-1b-infected patients.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 May 2007
Welker M-W, Hofmann W-P, Welsch C, von Wagner M, Herrmann E, Lengauer T, Zeuzem S, Sarrazin C
Abstract excerpt
Chronic hepatitis C is a major cause of liver cirrhosis leading to chronic liver failure and hepatocellular carcinoma. Different hepatitis C virus (HCV) proteins have been associated with resistance to interferon-alpha-based therapy. However, the exact mechanisms of virus-mediated interferon resistance are not completely understood. The importance of amino acid (aa) variations within the HCV nonstructural (NS)4B...
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