Enhanced demethylation of interferon-γ gene promoter in peripheral blood mononuclear cells is associated with acute-on-chronic hepatitis B liver failure

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-19

  Fan, Xiao Peng ^a,b   Zou, Zhi Qiang ^c   Long, Bo ^c   Guo, Yan Mei ^c   Wang, Si Kui ^d   Jia, De Xing ^e   Xu, Ai Ling ^c   Li, Feng Cai ^a   Fan, Yu Chen ^a,b   Wang, Kai ^a,b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Yantai Infectious Disease Hospital   (China)

^d LIAOCHENG PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^e WEIFANG PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Acute on chronic liver failure; Hepatitis b; Interferon gamma; Methylation; Promoter

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ACUTE ON CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTHROMBIN TIME;

ADULT; BILIRUBIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTHROMBIN TIME;

EID: 79955495591     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.224.13     Document Type: Article

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