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Predictors of response to tenofovir disoproxil fumarate plus peginterferon alfa‐2a combination therapy for chronic hepatitis B by Marcellin, P., Ahn, S. H., Chuang, W.‐L., Hui, A. J., Tabak, F., Mehta, R., Petersen, J., Lee, C.‐M., Ma, X., Caruntu, F. A., Tak, W. Y., Elkhashab, M., Lin, L., Wu, G., Martins, E. B, Charuworn, P., Yee, L. J., Lim, S. G., Foster, G. R., Fung, S., Morano, L., Samuel, D., Agarwal, K., Idilman, R., Strasser, S. I., Buti, M., Gaeta, G. B., Papatheodoridis, G., Flisiak, R., Chan, H. L. Y.

“…Summary Background In patients with chronic hepatitis B, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) plus pegylated interferon (PEG‐IFN) for 48‐weeks results in higher…”
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Host genetic determinants in hepatitis C virus infection by Yee, L J

“…In addition to viral and environmental/behavioural factors, host genetic diversity is believed to contribute to the spectrum of clinical outcomes in hepatitis…”
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Prevalence and Impact of Caregiving: A Detailed Comparison Between Dementia and Nondementia Caregivers by Ory, Marcia G., Hoffman, Richard R., Yee, Jennifer L., Tennstedt, Sharon, Schulz, Richard

“…Analyzing data from more than 1,500 family caregivers from the 1996 National Caregiver Survey, this study documents the ways in which dementia care is…”
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Polymorphisms in interferon-induced genes and the outcome of hepatitis C virus infection: roles of MxA, OAS-1 and PKR by KNAPP, S, YEE, L. J, HILL, A. V. S, THURSZ, M. R, FRODSHAM, A. J, HENNIG, B. J. W, HELLIER, S, ZHANG, L, WRIGHT, M, CHIARAMONTE, M, GRAVES, M, THOMAS, H. C

“…Interferon stimulates the expression of a number of genes encoding enzymes with antiviral activities, including myxovirus resistance-1 (MxA),…”
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A community-based rapid assessment of HIV behavioural risk disparities within a large sample of gay men in southeastern USA: A comparison of African American, Latino and white men by Rhodes, S. D., Yee, L. J., Hergenrather, K. C.

“…Because the southeastern USA is experiencing a disproportionate HIV infection rate compared to other regions of the country, we explored HIV behavioural risk…”
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Tumor necrosis factor gene polymorphisms in patients with cirrhosis from chronic hepatitis C virus infection by Yee, L J, Tang, J, Herrera, J, Kaslow, R A, van Leeuwen, D J

“…Pro-inflammatory cytokines including tumour necrosis factor (TNF) mediate the pathogenesis of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The distribution of TNF gene…”
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Atmospheric dry deposition in the vicinity of the Salton Sea, California—II: Measurement and effects of an enhanced evaporation system by Alonso, R., Bytnerowicz, A., Yee, J.L., Boarman, W.I.

“…A study was conducted to determine the effects of salt spray drift from pilot technologies employed by the US Bureau of Reclamation on deposition rates of…”
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Associations between the human MHC and sustained virologic response in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection by Rhodes, S L, Erlich, H, Im, K A, Wang, J, Li, J, Bugawan, T, Jeffers, L, Tong, X, Su, X, Rosen, H R, Yee, L J, Liang, T J, Yang, H

“…The human major histocompatability complex (MHC) genes encode the human leukocyte antigens, which are important in antigen presentation and regulation of CD8+…”
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Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) in chronic hepatitis C virus infection: correlates of positivity and clinical relevance by Yee, L. J., Kelleher, P., Goldin, R. D., Marshall, S., Thomas, H. C., Alberti, A., Chiaramonte, M., Braconier, J.-H., Hall, A. J., Thursz, M. R.

“…We examined correlates of antinuclear antibody (ANA) positivity (ANA+) in individuals with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and the effect of…”
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Evidence of Infection with Simian Type D Retrovirus in Persons Occupationally Exposed to Nonhuman Primates by Lerche, N W, Switzer, W M, Yee, J L, Shanmugam, V, Rosenthal, A N, Chapman, L E, Folks, T M, Heneine, W

“…Article Usage Stats Services JVI Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Foraging ecology of southern sea otters at the northern range extent informs regional population dynamics by Lyon, SN, Tomoleoni, JA, Yee, JL, Fujii, JA, Thometz, NM

“…Sea otters Enhydra lutris are vital keystone predators throughout the North Pacific that were nearly extirpated during the maritime fur trade. Recovery of…”
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Reheating of soy oil is detrimental to bone metabolism in oestrogen deficient rats by Ima-Nirwana, S, Ahmad, S Nazrun, Yee, L J, Loh, H C, Yew, S F, Norazlina, M, Abdul, M T Gapor, Kamsiah, J

“…The short-term and long- term effects of heated soy oil on bone metabolism in ovariectomised Sprague-Dawley rats were studied. Three-month-old female rats,…”
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Negative and Positive Health Effects of Caring for a Disabled Spouse: Longitudinal Findings From the Caregiver Health Effects Study by Beach, Scott R, Schulz, Richard, Yee, Jennifer L, Jackson, Sharon

“…Data from the first 2 waves of the Caregiver Health Effects Study ( n = 680) were analyzed to examine the effects of changes in caregiving involvement on…”
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Gender differences in psychiatric morbidity among family caregivers : a review and analysis by YEE, J.L, SCHULZ, R

“…The major goal of this article was to review and synthesize the empirical research on caregiver gender and psychiatric morbidity, with the aim of answering…”
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Serum lipids and their associations with viral levels and liver disease severity in a treatment-naïve chronic hepatitis C type 1-infected cohort by Ramcharran, D., Wahed, A. S., Conjeevaram, H. S., Evans, R. W., Wang, T., Belle, S. H., Yee, L. J.

“…In patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, steatosis and fibrosis have been shown to be inversely associated with total cholesterol (TC) and…”
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Inducible nitric oxide synthase gene ( ) haplotypes and the outcome of hepatitis C virus infection by Yee, L J, Knapp, S, Burgner, D, Hennig, B J W, Frodsham, A J, Wright, M, Thomas, H C, Hill, A V S, Thursz, M R

“…Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) is an important molecule involved in the host defense against infectious agents. iNOS is encoded by the NOS2A gene and…”
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Understanding correlates of hepatitis B virus vaccination in men who have sex with men: what have we learned? by Yee, L J, Rhodes, S D

“…Objectives: Hepatitis B infection (HBV) is prevalent among men who have sex with men (MSM) and may lead to significant morbidity and death. Although an…”
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Tropomyosin isoform 5b is expressed in human erythrocytes: implications of tropomodulin-TM5 or tropomodulin-TM5b complexes in the protofilament and hexagonal organization of membrane skeletons by Sung, Lanping Amy, Gao, Ke-Ming, Yee, Leland J., Temm-Grove, Constance J., Helfman, David M., Lin, Jim J.-C., Mehrpouryan, Majid

“…The human erythrocyte membrane skeleton consists of hexagonal lattices with junctional complexes containing F-actin protofilaments of approximately 33-37 nm in…”
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Interleukin-6 haplotypes and the response to therapy of chronic hepatitis C virus infection by Yee, L J, Im, K, Borg, B, Yang, H, Liang, T J

“…Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection affects nearly 170 million individuals worldwide. Treatment of HCV with pegylated interferon-α-2a is successful in…”
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Interleukin 10 polymorphisms as predictors of sustained response in antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis C infection by Yee, Leland J., Tang, Jianming, Gibson, Andrew W., Kimberly, Robert, van Leeuwen, Dirk J., Kaslow, Richard A.

“…Host genetic factors have been reported to influence the natural history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We examined whether variation in interleukin 10…”
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