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Molecular markers predicting the efficacy of interferon - based therapies in patients with chronic hepatitis C /

Heba Allah Mohamed Mohamed Nour Aldeen

Molecular markers predicting the efficacy of interferon - based therapies in patients with chronic hepatitis C / العلامات الجزئية التى تنبئ بفاعلية العلاج المعتمد على الانترفيرون الخاص بمرضى فيروس التهاب الكبد الوبائى سى Heba Allah Mohamed Mohamed Nour Aldeen ; Supervised Amr Saad Mohamed , Olfat G. Shaker , Gamal Eldin Essmat - Cairo : Heba Allah Mohamed Mohamed Nour Aldeen , 2012 - 157 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Science - Department of Biochemistry

Aim of the study : To detect the SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) in the promoter region (-88,-123) of the MxA in the blood of chronic liver disease patients under treatment with interferon . Also to investigate the association between these polymorphisms and the response to IFN-Ü therapy in HCV - infected Egyptian patients



Hepatitis C virus Interferon Pegylated interferon