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The role of IFNL4 in liver inflammation and progression of fibrosis.
Genes and immunity - 1 Jun 2022
Møhlenberg Michelle, O'Brien Thomas R, Hartmann Rune
Abstract excerpt
The discovery that genetic variation within the interferon lambda locus has a profound effect on the outcome of hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment and spontaneous clearance of HCV is one of the great triumphs of genomic medicine. Subsequently, the IFNL4 gene was discovered and proposed as the causal gene underlying this association. However, there has been a lively debate within the field concerning the causality,...
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