Article
Interferon (IFN)-alpha 2 genotype analysis of Chinese chronic hepatitis B patients undergoing recombinant IFN-alpha 2a therapy.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Apr 1994
Crowe J S, Gewert D R, Barber K A, Lewis A P, Sims M J, Davies S L, Salom C L, Wood J, Thomas H C, Thursz M
Abstract excerpt
Sixteen Chinese chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV)-infected patients were treated with recombinant interferon-alpha 2a (rIFN-alpha 2a). Of these, 8 made a response to IFN, with titers of neutralizing antibody of 141-4525 as determined by an antiviral neutralization bioassay. To determine whether the...
Topics
- Adult
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Antibodies
- Antibody Formation
- Asian People
- Base Sequence
- China
- Chronic Disease
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA
- DNA Primers
- Female
- Genotype
- Hepatitis B
- Humans
- Interferon alpha-2
- Interferon-alpha
- Male
