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Association of functional polymorphism of ApoB promoter with hepatitis C virus infection.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 1 Mar 2009
Zhu Chengliang, Zhang Rui, Liu Dandan, Mukhtar Muhammad Mahmood, Liu Weiyong, Peng Guiqing, Wang Ke, Hao Qian, Xu Yilin, Liu Fang, Zhu Ying, Wu Jianguo
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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) binds to apolipoprotein B (ApoB) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) before entering into hepatocytes. ApoB promoter polymorphisms influence the levels of ApoB and LDL in blood. We investigated the correlations between ApoB promoter polymorphism and HCV infection...
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