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ArticleViruses2009

Role of host genetic factors in the outcome of hepatitis C virus infection.

Bertram Bengsch, Robert Thimme, Hubert E Blum

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Article in Viruses, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  5. Genetic diversity, inbreeding and cancer.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2018
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  8. Increased Mitochondrial Genetic Diversity in Persons Infected With Hepatitis C Virus.Cellular and molecular gastroenterology and hepatology · 2016
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  10. Natural killer cells in hepatitis C: Current progress.World journal of gastroenterology · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Bertram BengschDepartment of Medicine II, University Hospital Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
Robert ThimmeDepartment of Medicine II, University Hospital Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
Hubert E BlumDepartment of Medicine II, University Hospital Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The natural history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is determined by a complex interplay between host genetic, immunological and viral factors. This review highlights genes involved in innate and adaptive immune responses associated with different outcomes of HCV infection. For example, an association of HCV clearance with certain HLA alleles has been demonstrated. The mechanisms responsible for these associations have been linked to specific T cell responses for some particular alleles (e.g., HLA-B27). Genetic associations involved in T cell regulation and function further underline the role of the adaptive immune response in the natural history of HCV infection. In addition, some genes involved in innate NK cell responses demonstrate the complex interplay between components of the immune system necessary for a successful host response to HCV infection.

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genesHepatitis CHLAnatural historyNK cellsT cells

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PMID21994541
PMCPMC3185494

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