IL28B minor allele is associated with a younger age of onset of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 748-754

  Sato, Masaya ^a   Kato, Naoya ^b   Tateishi, Ryosuke ^a   Muroyama, Ryosuke ^b   Kowatari, Norie ^b   Li, Wenwen ^b   Goto, Kaku ^b   Otsuka, Motoyuki ^a   Shiina, Shuichiro ^a   Yoshida, Haruhiko ^a   Omata, Masao ^c   Koike, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Yamanashi Prefectural Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Hepatocarcinogenesis; Interferon ; Risk allele; rs8099917

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 28B; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; IL28B PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; AGE; BLOOD; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIROLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALLELES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERLEUKINS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84899711598     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-013-0826-x     Document Type: Article

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