Genetic Variation in the Interleukin-28B Gene Is Associated with Spontaneous Clearance and Progression of Hepatitis C Virus in Moroccan Patients

• Main Authors: Ezzikouri S., Alaoui R., Rebbani K., Brahim I., Fakhir F.-Z., Nadir S., Diepolder H., Khakoo S.I., Thursz M., Benjelloun S.
• Other Authors: CANCER SCIENCE INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE
• Format: Article
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: cysteine; interleukin 28B; threonine; adolescent; adult; aged; allele; article; chronic hepatitis; cohort analysis; controlled study; disease course; ethnic group; female; follow up; gene expression regulation; gene frequency; gene function; gene location; gene locus; genetic association; genetic variability; genotype; hepatitis C; Hepatitis C virus; human; interleukin 28B gene; liver cell carcinoma; liver cirrhosis; major clinical study; male; Morocco; nonhuman; outcome assessment; single nucleotide polymorphism; viral clearance; virus load; Aged; Alleles; Base Sequence; Cohort Studies; DNA Primers; Female; Hepatitis C; Humans; Interleukins; Male; Middle Aged; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/161349
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1371/journal.pone.0054793