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Human platelet antigen genotype is associated with progression of fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jan 2012
Silva Giovanni Faria, Grotto Rejane Maria Tommasini, Verdichio-Moraes Camila Fernanda, Corvino Silvia Maria, Ferrasi Adriana Camargo, Silveira Liciana Vaz de Arruda, Pardini Maria Inês de Moura Campos
Abstract excerpt
Although progression of fibrosis in the chronic hepatitis C depends on environmental, viral, and host factors, genetic polymorphisms have been associated recently with this progression, including the expression of integrins, adhesion proteins. Some integrins expressed on the platelet membrane show polymorphic antigenic determinants called human platelet antigens (HPA), where the major ones are HPA-1, -3, -5. The...
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