Serum IL-33 Levels Are Associated with Liver Damage in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C

• Main Authors: Juan Wang (Author), Pingwei Zhao (Author), Hui Guo (Author), Xiguang Sun (Author), Zhenyu Jiang (Author), Lijun Xu (Author), Junyan Feng (Author), Junqi Niu (Author), Yanfang Jiang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Interleukin-33 (IL-33) is associated with the development of Th2 responses. This study examined the potential role of IL-33 in the pathogenic process of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) in Chinese patients. The levels of serum IL-33 and sST2 in 154 patients with CHC, 24 with spontaneously resolved HCV (SR-...