Type I interferon receptor and response to interferon therapy in chronic hepatitis C patients: A prospective study

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 136-140

  Fujiwara, D ^a   Hino, K ^a,g   Yamaguchi, Y ^a   Kubo, Y ^b   Yamashita, S ^c   Uchida, K ^d   Konishi, T ^e   Nakamura, H ^f   Korenaga, M ^a   Okuda, M ^a   Okita, K ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOKURA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c National Shimonoseki Hospital   (Japan)

^d YAMAGUCHI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Shuhtoh General Hospital   (Japan)

^f Department of Medicine   (Japan)

^g YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

IFNAR1; IFNAR2; Liver tissue; PBMCs; Peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2B; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIVER; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTOR, INTERFERON ALPHA-BETA; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 12144287341     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.2003.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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