Search Results - "Weich, Viola"
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Individualized treatment strategy according to early viral kinetics in hepatitis C virus type 1–infected patients
Published in Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) (01-08-2009)“…Individualized treatment on the basis of early viral kinetics has been discussed to optimize antiviral therapy in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection…”
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The determination of GGT is the most reliable predictor of nonresponsiveness to interferon-alpha based therapy in HCV type-1 infection
Published in Journal of gastroenterology (01-12-2011)“…Background The critical analysis of baseline factors has been found to be useful to predict virologic nonresponse (NR), relapse, or sustained virologic…”
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Hepatitis C treatment in “difficult‐to‐treat” psychiatric patients with pegylated interferon‐alpha and ribavirin: Response and psychiatric side effects
Published in Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) (01-10-2007)“…We investigated and compared the results of treating the chronic hepatitis C (HCV) infection of different groups of psychiatric‐risk patients and controls with…”
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A Toll-like receptor 7 single nucleotide polymorphism protects from advanced inflammation and fibrosis in male patients with chronic HCV-infection
Published in Journal of hepatology (01-08-2007)“…Background/Aims HCV-infection leads to development of liver fibrosis, causing morbidity and mortality. Multiple factors influence the progression of fibrosis,…”
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HLA class I allele associations with HCV genetic variants in patients with chronic HCV genotypes 1a or 1b infection
Published in Journal of hepatology (01-12-2010)“…Background & Aims The adaptive immune response against hepatitis C virus (HCV) is significantly shaped by the host’s composition of HLA-alleles with the…”
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Gender-dependent association of CTLA4 polymorphisms with resolution of hepatitis C virus infection
Published in Journal of hepatology (01-03-2007)“…Background/Aims A vigorous T-cell response is essential for the resolution of HCV infection. It is modified by co-stimulatory molecules that attenuate…”
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Association of CTLA4 single nucleotide polymorphisms with viral but not autoimmune liver disease
Published in European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology (01-11-2007)“…BACKGROUNDCTLA4 is an inhibitory receptor expressed on a subset of T lymphocytes. Single nucleotide polymorphisms of the CTLA4 gene have been implicated in…”
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Hepatitis-C Patients Have Reduced Growth Hormone (GH) Secretion Which Improves During Long-Term Therapy With Pegylated Interferon-α
Published in The American journal of gastroenterology (01-12-2007)“…In vitro and in vivo data indicate multiple, but contradictory effects of interferon on pituitary hormone secretion. We therefore investigated prospectively…”
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Importance of Minimal Residual Viremia for Relapse Prediction in Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 1 Infection
Published in Clinical infectious diseases (01-12-2011)“…This study demonstrates that a more precise prediction of the individual relapse risk in chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection can be obtained by…”
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Hepatitis-C Patients Have Reduced Growth Hormone (GH) Secretion Which Improves During Long-Term Therapy With Pegylated Interferon-[alpha]
Published in The American journal of gastroenterology (01-12-2007)“…OBJECTIVES:In vitro and in vivo data indicate multiple, but contradictory effects of interferon on pituitary hormone secretion. We therefore investigated…”
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Evaluation of complement factor 5 variants as genetic risk factors for the development of advanced fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C infection
Published in Journal of hepatology (01-09-2008)“…Background/Aims Intercross studies in inbred mice susceptible or resistant to liver fibrosis revealed complement factor 5 as a quantitative trait gene…”
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GNB3 C825T polymorphism and response to interferon-alfa/ribavirin treatment in patients with hepatitis C virus genotype 1 (HCV-1) infection
Published in Journal of hepatology (01-09-2005)“…The outcome of infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been shown to be influenced by genetic host factors. The G protein β3 subunit ( GNB3) C825T…”
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Low-density lipoprotein receptor variants are associated with spontaneous and treatment-induced recovery from hepatitis C virus infection
Published in Infection, genetics and evolution (01-09-2009)“…Low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) is involved in the entry of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in host cells. We investigated whether three single-nucleotide…”
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