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Role of IL28B for chronic hepatitis C treatment toward personalized medicine.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Feb 2014
Matsuura Kentaro, Watanabe Tsunamasa, Tanaka Yasuhito
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide association studies recently revealed that certain interleukin-28B (IL28B) polymorphisms are strongly associated with responses to pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) and ribavirin (RBV) therapy in patients chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1, as well as with spontaneous clearance of HCV. Subsequent reports revealed that IL28B genotypes also affect treatment efficacy in chronic...
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