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SUBMITTER: Garcia-Alvarez M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5282518 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
García-Álvarez Mónica M Berenguer Juan J Jiménez-Sousa María A MA Pineda-Tenor Daniel D Aldámiz-Echevarria Teresa T Tejerina Francisco F Diez Cristina C Vázquez-Morón Sonia S Resino Salvador S
Scientific reports 20170131
The mechanisms involved in the chronic hepatitis C progression are incompletely understood. The aim was to analyze the association between 2'5'oligoadenylate synthetase 1,2 and 3 (OAS1-3) and myxovirus resistance proteins 1 (Mx1) polymorphisms and severity of liver disease in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfected patients. We performed a cross-sectional study in 219 patients that underwent a liver biopsy. DNA genotyping for Mx1 (rs469390), OAS1 (rs2285934), OAS2 ( ...[more]