Impact of Immunogenetic IL28B Polymorphism on Natural Outcome of HCV Infection

With the aim of investigating whether interleukin 28B gene (IL28B) rs1297860 polymorphism is associated with different hepatitis C (HCV) infection statuses, we compared IL28B allelic distribution in an Italian case series of 1050 patients with chronic infection and different outco...

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Main Authors: Valli De Re, Laura Gragnani, Elisa Fognani, Alessia Piluso, Francesco Izzo, Alessandra Mangia, Marina Crovatto, Graziella Gava, Pietro Casarin, Domenico Sansonno, Vito Racanelli, Salvatore De Vita, Pietro Pioltelli, Laura Caggiari, Mariangela De Zorzi, Massimiliano Berretta, Andrea Gini, Antonella Zucchetto, Franco Maria Buonaguro, Paolo De Paoli, Anna Linda Zignego
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/710642