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Interferon-induced gene expression is a stronger predictor of treatment response than IL28B genotype in patients with hepatitis C.
Gastroenterology - 1 Mar 2011
Dill Michael T, Duong Francois H T, Vogt Julia E, Bibert Stéphanie, Bochud Pierre-Yves, Terracciano Luigi, Papassotiropoulos Andreas, Roth Volker, Heim Markus H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The host immune response during the chronic phase of hepatitis C virus infection varies among individuals; some patients have a no interferon (IFN) response in the liver, whereas others have full activation of IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs). Preactivation of this endogenous IFN system is associated with nonresponse to pegylated IFN-α (pegIFN-α) and ribavirin. Genome-wide association studies have...
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