Expression of Biliverdin Reductase A in peripheral blood leukocytes is associated with treatment response in HCV-infected patients.

Expression of Biliverdin Reductase A in peripheral blood leukocytes is associated with treatment response in HCV-infected patients.

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with systemic oxidative stress. Since the heme catabolic pathway plays an important role in antioxidant protection, we attempted to assess the gene expression of key enzymes of heme catabolism, heme oxygenase 1 (HMOX1), heme oxygenase 2 (HMOX2), and bi...

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Main Authors: Iva Subhanova, Lucie Muchova, Martin Lenicek, Hendrik J Vreman, Ondrej Luksan, Kristyna Kubickova, Miluse Kreidlova, Tomas Zima, Libor Vitek, Petr Urbanek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3594226?pdf=render

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