[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology of hepatitis C virus in Iran

R Taherkhani, F Farshadpour - World Journal of Gastroenterology …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In Iran, the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is relatively low according to the
population-based epidemiological studies. However, the epidemiology of HCV is changing …

Antibody arrays in biomarker discovery

JJ Wilson, R Burgess, YQ Mao, S Luo, H Tang… - Advances in clinical …, 2015 - Elsevier
All of life is regulated by complex and organized chemical reactions that help dictate when to
grow, to move, to reproduce, and to die. When these processes go awry, or are interrupted …

[HTML][HTML] Possible factors affecting thyroid dysfunction in hepatitis C virus‑infected untreated patients

XR Mao, LT Zhang, H Chen… - Experimental and …, 2014 - spandidos-publications.com
The present study investigated the association of thyroid dysfunction (TD) with the
distribution of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in untreated patients. A total of 1,012 …

Micro-PET imaging of hepatitis C virus NS3/4A protease activity using a protease-activatable retention probe

CH Chuang, TL Cheng, WC Chen, YJ Huang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3/4A protease is an attractive target for direct-acting antiviral
agents. Real-time tracking of the NS3/4A protease distribution and activity is useful for …

[PDF][PDF] Cryoglobulins: putative effectors of adaptive immune response

U Basile, C Napodano, M Marino, F Gulli… - Clin Exp …, 2021 - clinexprheumatol.org
Cryoglobulinaemia consists of circulating monoclonal and/or polyclonal immunoglobulins
with rheumatoid factor (RF) activity that precipitate at temperatures< 37 C …

Developing a vaccine for type 1 diabetes through targeting enteroviral infections

H Hyöty, M Knip - Expert Review of Vaccines, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic disease caused by the destruction of insulin producing β-
cells in the pancreas. Studies carried out during the past decades have implied that …

Serum biomarkers for discrimination between hepatitis C-related arthropathy and early rheumatoid arthritis

I Siloşi, L Boldeanu, V Biciuşcă, M Bogdan… - International Journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
In the present study, we aimed to estimate the concentrations of cytokines (interleukin 6, IL-
6, tumor necrosis factor-α, TNF-α) and auto-antibodies (rheumatoid factor IgM isotype, IgM …

[HTML][HTML] Autoantibody profiles in autoimmune hepatitis and chronic hepatitis C identifies similarities in patients with severe disease

K Amin, AH Rasool, A Hattem… - World Journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM To determine how the auto-antibodies (Abs) profiles overlap in chronic hepatitis C
infection (CHC) and autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) and correlate to liver disease. METHODS …

Different biochemical patterns in type II and type III mixed cryoglobulinemia in HCV positive patients

U Basile, F Gulli, L Gragnani, K Pocino… - Digestive and Liver …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Reversible cryoprecipitability of proteins is observed as a concomitant feature
of immune complex formation. Mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC) is systemic vasculitis …

Clinical relevance of serum non‐organ‐specific antibodies in patients with HCV infection receiving direct‐acting antiviral therapy

E Shahini, A Iannone, D Romagno… - Alimentary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with production of
different serum non‐organ‐specific antibodies (NOSA) and risk for developing autoimmune …