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SUBMITTER: Romani S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4322659 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Romani Sara S Hosseini Seyed Masoud SM Mohebbi Seyed Reza SR Kazemian Shabnam S Derakhshani Shaghayegh S Khanyaghma Mahsa M Azimzadeh Pedram P Sharifian Afsaneh A Zali Mohammad Reza MR
Hepatitis research and treatment 20141126
Host genetic background is known as an important factor in patients' susceptibility to infectious diseases such as viral hepatitis. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of genetic polymorphisms of interleukin-16 (IL-16) cytokine on susceptibility of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infected patients to develop chronic HBV infection. Genotyping was conducted using PCR followed by enzymatic digestion and RFLP (restriction fragment length polymorphism) analysis. We genotyped three single nucleo ...[more]