Article
Association between Recipient IL-15 Genetic Variant and the Prognosis of HBV-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Liver Transplantation.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2017
Zhang Tao, Liu Yuan, Peng Xu, Fan Junwei, Peng Zhihai
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association of donor and recipient IL-15 genetic variants with HCC recurrence and prognosis after LT. METHODS: A total of 112 liver transplant patients with HBV-related HCC were enrolled. IL-15 rs10519613 and rs13122930 were genotyped in donors and recipients. RESULTS: Recipient IL-15 rs10519613 polymorphism was found to be significantly related to HCC recurrence after LT. In...
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