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Osteoporosis in Chronic Hepatitis C [PDF]

open access: yesAfro-Egyptian Journal of Infectious and Endemic Diseases, 2014
Background and study aim: Hepatitis C virus infection is a multisystemic disease with many extrahepatic manifestations. Affection of bone matrix density is a common complication of chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis.
Mohamed Emara   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A genetic validation study reveals a role of vitamin D metabolism in the response to interferon-alfa-based therapy of chronic hepatitis C [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: To perform a comprehensive study on the relationship between vitamin D metabolism and the response to interferon-α-based therapy of chronic hepatitis C.
Jörg Bojunga   +66 more
core   +1 more source

Clinical and epidemiological characteristic of chronic hepatitis C in the republic of Tyva

open access: yesЖурнал инфектологии, 2023
Aim: To assess the current epidemiological situation and establish the dominant clinical profile of patients with chronic hepatitis C, taking into account the stage of the disease and the molecular genetic characteristics of the virus in the Republic of ...
A. A. Saryglar   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tracking Virus-Specific CD4+ T Cells during and after Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Background. CD4+ T cell help is critical in maintaining antiviral immune responses and such help has been shown to be sustained in acute resolving hepatitis C.
Paul Klenerman   +175 more
core   +1 more source

Response to combination therapy with interferon alfa-2a and ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C according to a TNF-alpha promoter polymorphism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Background. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is involved in the pathogenesis of chronic active hepatitis C. Polymorphisms in the promoter region of the TNF-alpha gene can alter the TNF-alpha expression and modify the host immune response.
Konig, A.   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Lipoprotein Receptors and Lipid Enzymes in Hepatitis C Virus Entry and Early Steps of Infection

open access: yesScientifica, 2012
Viruses are obligate intracellular agents that depend on host cells for successful propagation, hijacking cellular machineries to their own profit. The molecular interplay between host factors and invading viruses is a continuous coevolutionary process ...
Eve-Isabelle Pécheur
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in patients with cardiomyopathy

open access: yesAnnals of Hepatology, 2009
Chronic hepatitis C can be associated with extrahepatic manifestations; thus, we explored the association of this viral infection with dilated cardiomyopathy in a group of sixty-three patients with a cardiac ejection fraction of less than 40% determined ...
Vijaya Boyella;   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genetic analyses reveal a role for vitamin D insufficiency in HCV-associated hepatocellular carcinoma development [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: Vitamin D insufficiency has been associated with the occurrence of various types of cancer, but causal relationships remain elusive. We therefore aimed to determine the relationship between genetic determinants of vitamin D serum levels and ...
Jörg Bojunga   +127 more
core   +1 more source

The Relationship Between Hepatic Activity Index and Serum Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Levels in Patients with Chronic Active Hepatitis-B and Chronic Active Hepatitis-C

open access: yesMedicine Science, 2015
In the present study, we investigated the relationship between serum TNF-α levels and hepatic activity in liver biopsies of chronic hepatitis B and C patients.The study was performed on 30 chronic hepatitis B patients, 25 chronic hepatitis C ...
Yilmaz Bilgic   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Retreatment with interferon-alpha and ribavirin in primary interferon-alpha non-responders with chronic hepatitis C [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Background/Aims: Combination therapy with interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) plus ribavirin is more efficacious than IFN-alpha monotherapy in previously untreated patients with chronic hepatitis C and patients with IFN-alpha relapse.
Leifeld, Ludger   +8 more
core   +1 more source

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