The Myeloid-Epithelial-Reproductive Tyrosine Kinase (MERTK) rs4374383 Polymorphism Predicts Progression of Liver Fibrosis in Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Patients: A Longitudinal Study - Concepedia

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The Myeloid-Epithelial-Reproductive Tyrosine Kinase (MERTK) rs4374383 Polymorphism Predicts Progression of Liver Fibrosis in Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Patients: A Longitudinal Study

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2018

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María Ángeles Jiménez‐Sousa, Ana Zaida Gómez‐Moreno, Daniel Pineda‐Tenor, Oscar Brochado‐Kith, Juan José Sánchez‐Ruano, Tomás Artaza-Varasa, Alicia Gómez-Sanz, Amanda Fernández‐Rodríguez, Salvador Resino

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Abstract

<i>MERTK</i> rs4374383 A carriers had a lower risk of liver fibrosis progression than G carriers, supporting the hypothesis that this SNP seems to have a critical role in the pathogenesis of liver disease in HCV-infected patients.

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