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Clinical and histopathological changes in different KIR gene profiles in chronic HCV Romanian patients.
International journal of immunogenetics - 1 Feb 2021
Ursu Larisa Denisa, Calenic Bogdan, Diculescu Mircea, Dima Alina, Stoian Iulia Teodora, Constantinescu Ileana
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected individuals may have a faster progression of liver fibrosis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development when influenced by host, viral and environmental factors. Hepatitis C virus disease progression is also associated with genetic variants of specific killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) and genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). The aim of...
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