Hepatitis C Virus

Reports from Italy, France and Switzerland add new data to hepatitis C virus research

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, July 10th, 2006

Data on hepatitis C virus are outlined in reports from Italy, France and Switzerland.

Study 1: According to a study from Italy, hepatitis C virus (HCV)-associated lymphoproliferative disorders involve differing increases of interleukin (IL) inhibitors.

"HCV causes hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, and may also induce type II mixed cryoglobulinemia syndrome (MC), a disease characterized by clonal B-cell lymphoproliferations that can evolve into non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)," wrote M. Libra and colleagues, University of Catania.

They continued, "IL-1 is a cytokine that plays an important role in initiating the...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2006-07-10)

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