Article
Impact of EGF, IL28B, and PNPLA3 polymorphisms on the outcome of allograft hepatitis C: a multicenter study.
Clinical transplantation - 1 Apr 2016
Mueller Jessica L, King Lindsay Y, Johnson Kara B, Gao Tian, Nephew Lauren D, Kothari Darshan, Simpson Mary Ann, Zheng Hui, Wei Lan, Corey Kathleen E, Misdraji Joseph, Lee Joon Hyoek, Lin M Valerie, Gogela Neliswa A, Fuchs Bryan C, Tanabe Kenneth K, Gordon Fredric D, Curry Michael P, Chung Raymond T
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is accelerated following liver transplantation (LT). Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) near the epidermal growth factor (EGF) (rs4444903), IL28B (rs12979860), and PNPLA3 (rs738409) loci are associated with treatment response, fibrosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma in non-transplant hepatitis C, but allograft population data are limited. We sought to determine the role of...
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