| Literature DB >> 20977343 |
Maureen P Martin1, Ying Qi, James J Goedert, Shehnaz K Hussain, Gregory D Kirk, W Keith Hoots, Susan Buchbinder, Mary Carrington, Chloe L Thio.
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An IL28B haplotype strongly determines the outcome of natural and interferon-α treated hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. To assess whether the polymorphism marking the haplotype (rs12979860) also affects other interferon-α responsive chronic viral illnesses, namely hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 infections, we genotyped 226 individuals with HBV persistence, 384 with HBV recovery, and 2548 with or at high risk for HIV infection. The C/C genotype of rs12979860 was not associated with HBV recovery (odds ratio, 0.99), resistance to HIV infection (odds ratio, 0.97), or HIV disease progression (P > .05). This IL28B single-nucleotide polymorphism affects the immune response to HCV but not to HBV or HIV.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20977343 PMCID: PMC2974014 DOI: 10.1086/657146
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Dis ISSN: 0022-1899 Impact factor: 5.226