Published in Hepatitis Weekly, February 5th, 2007
Study 1: A new study, "Associations of tumour necrosis factor alpha promoter polymorphisms at position -308 and -238 with clinical characteristics of chronic hepatitis C," is now available. According to a study from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, "The aim of this study was to investigate the association between G vs A transitions in the promoter region of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha at positions -308 (TNF308.2) and -238 (TNF238.2) and clinical features of chronic hepatitis C (CHC). These two promoter TNF-alpha variants were determined in 250 biopsy-proven CHC patients by...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2007-02-05)
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