Interferons and hepatitis C virus

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 142, Issue MAY, 2012, Pages

  Heim, Markus H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Interferon; Jak STAT signalling

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ALPHA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; BETA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; BOCEPREVIR; GAMMA INTERFERON; INITIATION FACTOR 2ALPHA; JANUS KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; NON RECEPTOR PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE 2; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; PROTEIN INHIBITOR OF ACTIVATED STAT; PROTEIN KINASE R; RECOMBINANT ALPHA INTERFERON; RETINOIC ACID INDUCIBLE PROTEIN I; RIBAVIRIN; STAT PROTEIN; STAT1 PROTEIN; STAT2 PROTEIN; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING; TELAPREVIR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; IL28B PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIPROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOST; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIVER BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERFERONS; INTERLEUKINS; JANUS KINASES; RIBAVIRIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84863463314     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2012.13586     Document Type: Review

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