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Thunayan Al-Ghanim Gastroenterology Center, Al-Amiri Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait

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• Research Article   
  Relevance of T helper Type 1, 2 and 17 Cytokine Profiles to the Outcome of Therapy in Hepatitis C Patients
  Author(s): Sahar Essa*, Iqbal Siddique, Widad Al-Nakib and Raj Raghupathy
  
  Background: This study aimed to investigate the relationship of T helper type (Th)1/Th2/Th17 type cytokines produced by chronically hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients in response to pegylated interferon-α plus ribavirin (Peg-IFN/RBV) therapy. These finding will help us to identify the type of cytokines which participate in restoring functional antiviral T cell responses resulting in improved viral clearance. Methods and results: Sixty genotype-4 HCV-infected patients received Peg-IFN/RBV therapy for 12 weeks. Levels of Th1 cytokines (IL-2, IL-8, IL-12, TNFα, IFNγ), Th2 cytokines (IL-4, IL-6, IL-10) and Th17 cytokines (IL-17A, IL-17F) were estimated by ELISA. In post-treatment samples, mean levels of Th1 cytokines IL-12 and IFNγ were significantly higher in patients with an early virologic response (EVR) when co.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/1948-5964.20.12.193

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