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Genotype-related variations in proinflammatory and regulatory cytokine levels in treated and treatment-naive HCV-infected patients.
Medical microbiology and immunology - 1 Feb 2018
Baharlou Rasoul, Romani Bizhan, Kiani Seyed Jalal, Sadeghi Kaveh, Shadmand Enayatollah, Fazel Hadi, Jalilian Farid Azizi, Kord Ebrahim, Yaghoubi Sajad, Nikmanesh Yousef, Ahmadi Vasmehjani Abbas
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) modulates immune-related inflammatory responses to induce milder reactions leading to virus persistence. In this regard, the present study aimed to investigate the link between the HCV genotypes and the proinflammatory and regulatory cytokine levels. Ninety patients with hepatitis C infection (68 treatment-naive and 22 treated patients) and 76 healthy blood donors were studied. The serum...
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