Recurrence of hepatitis C after liver transplantation is associated with increased systemic IL-10 levels

• Main Authors: Patricia A. Sheiner (Author), Sander S. Florman (Author), Sukru Emre (Author), Thomas Fishbein (Author), Myron E. Schwartz (Author), Charles M. Miller (Author), Peter Boros (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Recurrence of hepatitis C after liver transplantation is an almost universal occurrence. T-cell derived cytokines have an important role in the development of liver damage associated with chronic hepatitis C, their post-transplant levels, however, have not been correlated with histologic...