Methods A prospective study in which HIV-HCV coinfected patients were randomized to receive either pegylated IFNa-2a 180 μg/week plus ribavirin (RBV) at two different doses: i) 1000-1200 mg/day (arm A) or ii) 2000 mg/ day plus erythropoietin (EPO) from baseline to week 4 (arm B), was conducted. Patients not achieving RVR prolonged therapy to 48 weeks for G2-3 and to 72 for G1-4. Liver fibrosis ...

OBJECTIVE Interferon-free therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is costly, and therefore patients with advanced fibrosis are prioritized. Although coupled with considerable side effects, a large proportion of genotype 2/3 infected patients achieve a sustained virological response (SVR) following interferon-based therapy. The present study evaluates experimental clinical trial and verify...

ITP and dITP exist in all cells. dITP is potentially mutagenic, and the levels of these nucleotides are controlled by inosine triphosphate pyrophosphatase (EC ). Here we report the cloning, expression, and characterization of a 21.5-kDa human inosine triphosphate pyrophosphatase (hITPase), an enzyme whose activity has been reported in many animal tissues and studied in populations but whose pro...