Influence of interleukin 12B (IL12B) polymorphisms on spontaneous and treatment-induced recovery from hepatitis C virus infection

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 652-658

  Mueller, Tobias ^a   Mas Marques, Andreas ^b   Sarrazin, Christoph ^c   Wiese, Manfred ^d   Halangk, Juliane ^a   Witt, Heiko ^a   Ahlenstiel, Golo ^e   Spengler, Ulrich ^e   Goebel, Uwe ^f   Wiedenmann, Bertram ^a   Schreier, Eckart ^b   Berg, Thomas ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Klinikum St Georg   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f CARL THIEM KLINIKUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiviral therapy; HCV infection; Relapse rate; Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP); Spontaneous recovery; Treatment outcome; Virologic response

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 12 B; PEGINTERFERON; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA; RIBAVIRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RELAPSE; VIREMIA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-12 SUBUNIT P40; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REMISSION INDUCTION; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 4644269525     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2004.06.021     Document Type: Article

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