Browsing Harvard Medical School by Keyword "Chronic Liver Disease"

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    • Chronic HCV Infection Affects the NK Cell Phenotype in the Blood More than in the Liver 

      Cosgrove, Cormac; Berger, Christoph T.; Kroy, Daniela C.; Cheney, Patrick C.; Ghebremichael, Musie; Aneja, Jasneet; Tomlinson, Michelle; Kim, Arthur Y.; Lauer, Georg M.; Alter, Galit (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Although epidemiological and functional studies have implicated NK cells in protection and early clearance of HCV, the mechanism by which they may contribute to viral control is poorly understood, particularly at the site ...

    • Host Genetics Predict Clinical Deterioration in HCV-Related Cirrhosis 

      King, Lindsay Y.; Johnson, Kara B.; Zheng, Hui; Wei, Lan; Gudewicz, Thomas; Hoshida, Yujin; Corey, Kathleen E.; Ajayi, Tokunbo; Ufere, Nneka; Baumert, Thomas F.; Chan, Andrew T.; Tanabe, Kenneth K.; Fuchs, Bryan C.; Chung, Raymond T. (Public Library of Science, 2014)
      Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the epidermal growth factor (EGF, rs4444903), patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein 3 (PNPLA3, rs738409) genes, and near the interleukin-28B (IL28B, rs12979860) gene ...