Association of hepcidin mRNA expression with hepatocyte iron accumulation and effects of antiviral therapy in chronic hepatitis C infection

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Sikorska, Katarzyna ^a   Romanowski, Tomasz ^a   Stalke, Piotr ^a   Swieszewska, Ewa Izycka ^a   Bielawski, Krzysztof Piotr ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Hepcidin; Interferon alpha; Iron overload; Liver

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FERRITIN; HEPCIDIN; IRON; PEGINTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MRNA EXPRESSION ASSAY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84908499833     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.21184     Document Type: Article

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