Article
IL28B polymorphisms are not associated with the response to interferon-β in multiple sclerosis.
Journal of neuroimmunology - 28 Oct 2011
Malhotra S, Morcillo-Suárez C, Brassat D, Goertsches R, Lechner-Scott J, Urcelay E, Fernández O, Drulovic J, García-Merino A, Martinelli Boneschi F, Chan A, Vandenbroeck K, Navarro A, Bustamante M F, Río J, Akkad D A, Giacalone G, Sánchez A J, Leyva L, Alvarez-Lafuente R, Zettl U K, Oksenberg J, Montalban X, Comabella M
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies have revealed an association between interleukin 28B (IL28B) and response to IFN-alpha treatment in hepatitis C patients. Here we investigated the influence of IL28B polymorphisms in the response to interferon-beta (IFNβ) in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. We genotyped two SNPs of the IL28B gene (rs8099917 and rs12979860) in 588 MS patients classified into responders (n=281) and non-responders...
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