Publication Date:
2014-12-25
Description:
Article Genetic variation in the IFNλ locus has been associated with clearance of hepatitis C virus. Here, the authors show that a single amino-acid variant of IFNλ4 affects its antiviral activity and that patients carrying the impaired variant have better viral clearance rates. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms6699 Authors: Ewa Terczyńska-Dyla, Stephanie Bibert, Francois H. T. Duong, Ilona Krol, Sanne Jørgensen, Emilie Collinet, Zoltán Kutalik, Vincent Aubert, Andreas Cerny, Laurent Kaiser, Raffaele Malinverni, Alessandra Mangia, Darius Moradpour, Beat Müllhaupt, Francesco Negro, Rosanna Santoro, David Semela, Nasser Semmo, Markus H. Heim, Pierre-Yves Bochud, Rune Hartmann
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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