Article
ADAR1 polymorphisms are related to severity of liver fibrosis in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients.
Scientific reports - 10 Oct 2017
Medrano Luz M, Berenguer Juan, Jiménez-Sousa María A, Aldámiz-Echevarria Teresa, Tejerina Francisco, Diez Cristina, Vigón Lorena, Fernández-Rodríguez Amanda, Resino Salvador
Abstract excerpt
The adenosine deaminase acting on RNA (ADAR1) gene is an interferon-stimulated gene involved in liver injury protection. Our aim was to analyze the association of polymorphisms within this gene with the severity of liver disease in European HIV/HCV-coinfected patients. We performed a cross-sectional study in 220 patients that underwent a liver biopsy. Five SNPs in the ADAR1 gene (rs1127326, rs1127317, rs1127314,...
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