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Association of TNF-α promoter polymorphisms with the outcome of persistent HBV infection in a northeast Chinese Han population.
Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica - 1 Aug 2012
Qiu Bing, Wang Xi, Zhang Peiyi, Shi Chunlin, Zhang Jiye, Qiu Wenliang, Wang Wenduo, Li Dongfu
Abstract excerpt
Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) plays an important role in the pathogenesis and clinical outcome of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between functional polymorphisms of TNF-α and different outcomes of persistent HBV infection in a northeast Chinese Han population. Here 189 HBV spontaneously recovered subjects (SR), 571 HBV-infected patients...
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