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Genomic scale analysis of racial impact on response to IFN-alpha.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 12 Jan 2010
Pos Zoltan, Selleri Silvia, Spivey Tara L, Wang Jeanne K, Liu Hui, Worschech Andrea, Sabatino Marianna, Monaco Alessandro, Leitman Susan F, Falus Andras, Wang Ena, Alter Harvey J, Marincola Francesco M
Abstract excerpt
Limited responsiveness to IFN-alpha in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected African-Americans compared to European Americans (AAs vs. EAs) hinders the management of HCV. Here, we studied healthy non-HCV-infected AA and EA subjects to test whether immune cell response to IFN-alpha is determined directly by race. We compared baseline and IFN-alpha-induced signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)-1,...
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