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SUBMITTER: Masaki N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4263356 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Masaki Naohiko N Sugiyama Masaya M Shimada Noritomo N Tanaka Yasuhito Y Nakamuta Makoto M Izumi Namiki N Watanabe Sumio S Tsubota Akihito A Komatsu Masafumi M Masaki Tsutomu T Enomoto Nobuyuki N Yoneda Masashi M Murata Kazumoto K Ito Kiyoaki K Koike Kazuhiko K Mizokami Masashi M
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology 20141201 12
<h4>Background and aim</h4>The accuracy for predicting virological outcomes of peginterferon-α and ribavirin therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C is limited to approximately 80%, even with IL28B genotyping. Our in vitro study revealed that the numbers of (TA) dinucleotide repeats [(TA)n] of rs72258881, which is located in the promoter region of IL28B gene, might regulate IL28B transcription. We aimed to evaluate the usefulness of these host factors for predicting virological outcomes of ...[more]