Supported by Fundação de AmparoàPesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais,No.APQ-02233-14.
BACKGROUND Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD)is becoming the most common chronic liver disease worldwide,with significant morbidity associated with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis(NASH).Genome-wide association studi...
Supported by(partially)from the Instituto de Salud CarlosⅢ,Madrid,Spain,No.PI0900357;cofinanced by Fondos FEDER(Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional);“Una manera de hacer Europa”,European Union,and CERCA Programme,Generalitat de Catalunya;Silvia Vidal was supported by Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias(FIS);a participant in the Program for Stabilization of Investigators of the Direcciód’Estrategia i Coordinaciódel Departament de Salut,Generalitat de Catalunya;Edilmar Alvarado-Tapias is a recipient of a“Río Hortega”fellowship grant from the Instituto de Salud CarlosⅢ,No.CM16/00133
AIM To assess the relationship between the presence of toll-like receptor 4(TLR4) polymorphisms and bacterial infections in cirrhotic patients with ascites. METHODS We prospectively included consecutive patients with ...
In Pakistan which ranked second in terms of hepatitis C virus(HCV) infection, it is highly needed to have an established diagnostic test for antiviral therapy responseprediction. Interleukin 28B(IL-28B) genetic testin...
the Faculdade de Medicina de Sao Jose do Rio Preto,FAMERP and Medical School Foundation;FUNFARME for their institutional support;UPGEM-Genetics and Molecular Biology Research Unit
AIM To evaluated the association of the risk factors and polymorphisms in MTHFR C677 T, MTHFR A1298 C, MTR A2756 G and MTRR A66 G genes.METHODS Patients with cirrhosis(n = 116), hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)(n = 71) a...
AIM:To evaluate steatosis,insulin resistance(IR)and patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing 3(PNPLA3) and their relation to disease progression in hepatitis B and C viruses(HCV-HBV) coinfected patients.METHODS:Th...
Supported by Grants for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education,Culture,Sports,Science,and Technology,Japan;Grants from the Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare of Japan
AIM:To examine the association between the interleukin 28B(IL-28B)genotype and treatment response in hepatitis C virus(HCV)-infected patients with persistently normal alanine aminotransferase(PNALT).METHODS:We compar...
Supported by Brazilian Foundation-FAPESP(Fundao deapoio à pesquisa do Estado de So Paulo),No.07/07139-3,10/02024-6 and CNPq
The activation of heme oxygenase-1(HO-1) appears to be an endogenous defensive mechanism used by cells to reduce inflammation and tissue damage in a number of injury models. HO-1, a stress-responsive enzyme that catab...
Supported by the Grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81072342;the Foundation of Pre-973 Program Projects,No.2009CB526411
AIM: To identify the relationship between the tagging single nucleotide polymorphism sites (tagSNPs) of the Interleukin-18 (IL-18) gene and genetic susceptibility to chronic hepatitis B virus infection in Chinese pati...
Supported by the Grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.30700698 and 30771907;the Foundation of Pre-973 Program Projects, No. 2009CB526411
AIM:To investigate the association between the programmed death-1(PD-1) polymorphisms and genetic susceptibility of chronic hepatitis B virus(HBV) infection in Chinese patients.METHODS:Two single nucleotide polymorphi...