Studying the Frequency of Favorable Allele of rs12979860 Polymorphism of IL-28B in Healthy and HCV Infected Iranian Individuals

• Main Authors: Abdolvahab Alborzi (Author), Tayebeh Hashempour (Author), Mahboobe Mirhoseini (Author), nasim Adim (Author), Javad Moayedi (Author), Zahra Musavi (Author), Shahin Merat (Author), Gholam Reza Pouladfar (Author), Mehrdad Hallaji (Author), Farzaneh Ghassabi (Author), Arghavan Haj-Sheykholeslami (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Fasa University of Medical Sciences, 2015-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background & Objective: Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is one of the important risk factors for liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Some of the host genetic factors such as interleukin 28B (IL-28B) may influence the response to the antiviral therapy. IL28B is a member of the interferon (IFN)...