Impact of donor and recipient single nucleotide polymorphisms of IL28B rs8099917 in living donor liver transplantation for hepatitis C.

Single nucleotide polymorphisms of interleukin-28B (IL28B) rs8099917 are reported to be associated with virologic clearance in interferon-and ribavirin -based treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients. We examined virologic response in accordance with IL28B polymorphisms in our living...

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Main Authors: Nobuhiro Harada, Sumihito Tamura, Yasuhiko Sugawara, Junichi Togashi, Takeaki Ishizawa, Junichi Kaneko, Taku Aoki, Yoshihiro Sakamoto, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Tomohiro Tanaka, Noriyo Yamashiki, Norihiro Kokudo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3944011?pdf=render