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Paradoxical expression of IL-28B mRNA in peripheral blood in human T-cell leukemia virus type-1 mono-infection and co-infection with hepatitis C virus.
Virology journal - 15 Feb 2012
Kamihira Shimeru, Usui Tetsuya, Ichikawa Tatsuki, Uno Naoki, Morinaga Yoshitomo, Mori Sayaka, Nagai Kazuhiro, Sasaki Daisuke, Hasegawa Hiroo, Yanagihara Katsunori, Honda Takuya, Yamada Yasuaki, Iwanaga Masako, Kanematu Takashi, Nakao Kazuhiko
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BACKGROUND: Human T-cell leukemia virus type-1 (HTLV-1) carriers co-infected with and hepatitis C virus (HCV) have been known to be at higher risk of their related diseases than mono-infected individuals. The recent studies clarified that IL-28B polymorphism rs8099917 is associated with not only...
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