Article
Effect of killer immunoglobulin-like receptors in the response to combined treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
Journal of virology - 1 Jan 2010
Vidal-Castiñeira J R, López-Vázquez A, Díaz-Peña R, Alonso-Arias R, Martínez-Borra J, Pérez R, Fernández-Suárez J, Melón S, Prieto J, Rodrigo L, López-Larrea C
Abstract excerpt
Killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) are related to the activation and inhibition of NK cells and may play an important role in the innate response against infection with viruses such as hepatitis C virus (HCV). We examined whether the different combinations of KIRs with their HLA class I ligands influenced the response to combined treatment (pegylated alpha interferon and ribavirin) of patients infected...
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