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Interferon-λ4 is a cell-autonomous type III interferon associated with pre-treatment hepatitis C virus burden.
Virology - 1 Feb 2015
Lu Yi-Fan, Goldstein David B, Urban Thomas J, Bradrick Shelton S
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variants surrounding the interferon-λ3 (IFNL3) gene are strongly associated with clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV). A variant (rs368234815 TT/ΔG) upstream of IFNL3 was recently implicated to control expression of a novel gene termed IFNL4. We conducted genetic analysis of rs368234815 in a chronic HCV patient cohort and molecular studies of IFNL4 in primary human hepatocytes (PHHs). Analysis of PHHs...
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