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Predictive potential of IL-18 -607 and osteopontin -442 polymorphism in interferon-based therapy of HCV infection in the Pakistani population.
Viral immunology - 1 Oct 2014
Imran Muhammad, Manzoor Sobia, Parvaiz Fahed
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The adaptive immune system plays an important role in response to interferon plus ribavirin treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Cytokines play a significant role in the adaptive immune system. The production of cytokines may be regulated by single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). This study was designed to examine the correlation of some important SNPs of cytokines with interferon plus ribavirin...
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