Background and Aim Ropeginterferon alfa‐2b is a novel mono‐pegylated, extra‐long‐acting interferon. It is administered infrequently and showed good tolerability and clinical activity for the chronic hepatitis B or C treatment in our previous Phase 2 ...
Chi‐Yi Chen +22 more
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Interleukin‐18 signaling promotes activation of hepatic stellate cells in mouse liver fibrosis
Interleukin‐18 signaling promotes activation of hepatic stellate cells in mouse liver fibrosis. Abstract Background and Aims Nucleotide‐binding oligomerization domain‐like receptor‐family pyrin domain‐containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome activation has been shown to result in liver fibrosis.
Jana Knorr +19 more
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Modern opportunities of interferons in treatment of children with COVID-19
Introduction. In 2020, most doctors were at the frontlines in the fight against the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). In the process of searching for effective etiotropic drugs, news came in that type I interferons had been successfully used for ...
Asiya I. Safina +4 more
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Guidance on Noncorticosteroid Systemic Immunomodulatory Therapy in Noninfectious Uveitis : Fundamentals Of Care for UveitiS (FOCUS) Initiative [PDF]
Supplemental material available at www.aaojournal.org. Supported by AbbVie, Inc., and the Fundamentals of Care for Uveitis Initiative National Faculty.
Accorinti, Massimo +50 more
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Treatment with polyethylene glycol-modified interferon alfa-2a (peginterferon) alone produces significantly higher sustained antiviral responses than treatment with interferon alfa-2a alone in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.
Francisco Bosques-Padilla, MD +7 more
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Peginterferon alfa-2a plus ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C virus infection. [PDF]
BACKGROUND Treatment with peginterferon alfa-2a alone produces significantly higher sustained virologic responses than treatment with interferon alfa-2a alone in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We compared the efficacy and safety
Carosi, Giampiero, , M.D. +13 more
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Prediction of the response of chronic hepatitis C to interferon alfa: a statistical analysis of pretreatment variables [PDF]
Pretreatment variables that could predict the response of chronic hepatitis C to interferon alfa treatment have not been fully assessed. Eighteen baseline variables were evaluated in a series of 100 consecutive patients treated with a 12 month course of ...
Camps, J. (J.) +5 more
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SIDE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS SCHEMES OF INTERFERON THERAPY OF CHRONIC HEPATITIS C AND THEIR CORRECTION
The aim of this work was to assess the frequency and severity of major interferon-induced side effects depending on the applied interferon drug. The study included 29 patients with chronic hepatitis C with genotype 1b, 2, 3a/b.
A. M. Ryumin +2 more
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Kaposi's sarcoma in a patient with erythroblastopenia and thymoma: Reactivation after topical corticosteroids [PDF]
We report a 69-year-old female with erythroblastopenia and thymoma who developed lesions of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) after thymectomy, 2 months after the initiation of therapy with methylprednisolone.
Alomar, A. +8 more
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An expert consensus for the management of chronic hepatitis B in Asian Americans. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is common with major clinical consequences. In Asian Americans, the HBsAg carrier rate ranges from 2% to 16% which approximates the rates from their countries of origin.
Abbas +173 more
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