Genetic variation in IL28B predicts hepatitis C treatment-induced viral clearance
@article{Ge2009GeneticVI, title={Genetic variation in IL28B predicts hepatitis C treatment-induced viral clearance}, author={Dongliang Ge and Jacques Fellay and Alexander J Thompson and Jason S. Simon and Kevin V. Shianna and Thomas J. Urban and Erin L. Heinzen and Ping Qiu and Arthur H. Bertelsen and Andrew J. Muir and Mark S. Sulkowski and John McHutchison and David B. Goldstein}, journal={Nature}, year={2009}, volume={461}, pages={399-401} }
Chronic infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) affects 170 million people worldwide and is the leading cause of cirrhosis in North America. Although the recommended treatment for chronic infection involves a 48-week course of peginterferon-α-2b (PegIFN-α-2b) or -α-2a (PegIFN-α-2a) combined with ribavirin (RBV), it is well known that many patients will not be cured by treatment, and that patients of European ancestry have a significantly higher probability of being cured than patients of African…
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HEPATOLOGY ELSEWHERE EDITORSKris Kowdley , Seattle , WA
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It is reported that a genetic polymorphism near the IL28B gene, encoding interferon- lambda-3 (IFN-lambda-3), is associated with an approximately twofold change in response to treatment, both among patients of European ancestry and African-Americans.
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In the era of increased overall virologic response rates and good tolerability of the rapidly developing non-IFN oral direct-acting antiviral therapy regimens, the need for individualized treatment is likely to diminish and various predictors of response, including IL28B will likely be of reduced importance in the near future.
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BACKGROUND & AIMS
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