Journal:
:hepatitis monthly
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mahsa motavaf department of microbiology, islamic azad university of varamin-pishva, varamin, ir iran; department of molecular hepatology, middle east liver disease center (meld), tehran, ir iran
fatemeh noorbakhsh department of microbiology, islamic azad university of varamin-pishva, varamin, ir iran
seyed moayed alavian department of molecular hepatology, middle east liver disease center (meld), tehran, ir iran
zohreh sharifi department of microbiology, islamic azad university of varamin-pishva, varamin, ir iran; blood transfusion research center, high institute for research and education in transfusion medicine, tehran, ir iran; blood transfusion research center, high institute for research and education in transfusion medicine, tehran, ir iran. tel: +98-2182052233, fax: +98-88601555
conclusions this study suggests that decrease in levels of tlr3 and tlr7 expression is a mechanism that may enable hcv to evade the host innate immune response. results in both groups, we had 13 males and 12 females with a mean age of 48.7 ± 16. tlr3 (6.23 ± 0.91 vs. 3.89 ± 0.85, p < 0.001) and tlr7 (1.48 ± 0.82 vs-1.33 ± 1.18, p < 0.001) expressions were significantly lower in patients with ch...
