Merat, Shahin
Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
[ 1 ] - Studying the Frequency of Favorable Allele of rs12979860 Polymorphism of IL-28B in Healthy and HCV Infected Iranian Individuals
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) family which causes an antiviral response. Previous studies indicated that rs12979860 polymorphisms o...