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Hepatitis B Virus
New findings in hepatitis B virus described from Chulalongkorn University, Department of Microbiology
August 14th, 2007
Research findings, "Association of interleukin-18 gene polymorphism (-607A/A genotype) with susceptibility to chronic hepatitis B virus infection," are discussed in a new report. "Polymorphisms in the gene promoter can lead to different levels of cytokine expression and let some individuals have unique immune responses. Therefore, the association of single nucleotide polymorphism of interleukin (IL)-18 promoter region in chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection was examined," scientists writing in the journal Tissue Antigens report. "The results demonstrated the significant involvement of genotype A/A at position -607 in patients (n=140) when compared with...
Source: Virus Weekly (2007-08-14)
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