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TBX21 polymorphisms are associated with virus persistence in hepatitis C virus infection patients from a high-risk Chinese population.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Jul 2015
Zhu D Y, Jiang L F, Deng X Z, Xiao W, Pei J P, Li B J, Wang C J, Zhang J H, Zhang Q, Zhou Z X, Ding W L, Xu X D, Yue M
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major cause of chronic liver disease and the varied outcomes of the infection depend on both viral and host factors. We have demonstrated that the HCV alternate reading frame protein (F protein) is related to Th1/Th2 bias which is involved in virus persistence in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that genetic variants of...
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