Tamoxifen alleviates hepatitis C virus-induced inhibition of both toll-like receptor 7 and JAK-STAT signalling pathways in PBMCs of infected Egyptian females

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 854-861

  Fawzy, I O ^a   Negm, M ^b   Ahmed, R ^b   Esmat, G ^b   Hamdi, N ^a   Abdelaziz, A I ^a  

^a German University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

females; hepatitis C virus; interferon; JAK STAT pathway; tamoxifen; toll like receptor 7

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; IMIQUIMOD; JANUS KINASE; STAT PROTEIN; TAMOXIFEN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MXA GENE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; JANUS KINASES; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TAMOXIFEN; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 7;

EID: 84868529871     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2012.01612.x     Document Type: Article

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