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Impaired antiviral activity of interferon alpha against hepatitis C virus 2a in Huh-7 cells with a defective Jak-Stat pathway.
Virology journal - 11 Feb 2010
Hazari Sidhartha, Chandra Partha K, Poat Bret, Datta Sibnarayan, Garry Robert F, Foster Timothy P, Kousoulas Gus, Wakita Takaji, Dash Srikanta
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BACKGROUND: The sustained virological response to interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) in individuals infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 is only 50%, but is about 80% in patients infected with genotype 2-6 viruses. The molecular mechanisms explaining the differences in IFN-alpha responsiven...
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