Hepatic expression of type I interferon receptor for predicting response to interferon therapy in chronic hepatitis C patients: A comparison of immunohistochemical method vs. competitive polymerase chain reaction assay

Hepatology Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 377-384

  Fujiwara, Daisuke ^a   Hino, Keisuke ^a   Yamaguchi, Yuhki ^a   Ren, Fenyu ^a   Satoh, Yasuhiro ^a   Korenaga, Masaaki ^a   Okuda, Michiari ^a   Okita, Kiwamu ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; IFNAR1; IFNAR2; Interferon; Interferon receptor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; INTERFERON; INTERFERON RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABELING INDEX; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATIENT CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIROLOGY;

EID: 0037398153     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1386-6346(02)00312-1     Document Type: Article

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