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SUBMITTER: Jablonska J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4670510 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jabłońska Joanna J Pawłowski Tomasz T Laskus Tomasz T Zalewska Małgorzata M Inglot Małgorzata M Osowska Sylwia S Perlejewski Karol K Bukowska-Ośko Iwona I Cortes Kamila Caraballo KC Pawełczyk Agnieszka A Ząbek Piotr P Radkowski Marek M
BMC infectious diseases 20151204
<h4>Backgroud</h4>Cytokine response against hepatitis C virus (HCV) is likely to determine the natural course of infection as well as the outcome of antiviral treatment. However, the role of particular cytokines remains unclear. The current study analyzed activation of cytokine response in chronic hepatitis C patients undergoing standard antiviral treatment.<h4>Methods</h4>Twenty-two patients were treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin. Twenty-six different cytokine transcripts were mea ...[more]