Article
IFNL4 rs368234815 and rs117648444 variants predict off-treatment HBsAg seroclearance in IFN-treated HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B patients.
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Mar 2018
Galmozzi Enrico, Facchetti Floriana, Grossi Glenda, Loglio Alessandro, Viganò Mauro, Lunghi Giovanna, Colombo Massimo, Lampertico Pietro
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIM: Robust baseline predictors of interferon (IFN) response in HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients are not currently available. The recently described rs368234815 TT/ΔG dinucleotide and rs117648444 nonsynonymous P70S polymorphisms in IFN lambda 4 (IFNL4) gene, which are strongly associated with response to IFN in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, could be also useful in IFN-treated...
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