BACKGROUND: Host genetic factors may affect clinical outcomes of hepatitis C virus (HCV)
infection; however, the possible mechanisms remain largely unknown. This study aimed to …

Background/Aim The aim of this work was to establish an association between the single-
nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of TGFB1 (rs1800471), AT (rs3789679), MMP-1 …

Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is an important etiology for the development of
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Tumor necrosis factor-α-induced protein 3-interacting …

Background and aims: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is now recognized as one of the major
causes of chronic liver disease. It is also one of the most common complications in …

Abstract Background Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a significant risk factor for cirrhosis
and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) that carry a high mortality. The study aims to …

Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) protein has been supposed to be a risk factor for liver
cirrhosis; however, the associations between its genes (TGF-β− 509C> T and+ 869T> C) …

Objectives To determine whether-238G/A and-857C/T polymorphisms of tumor necrosis
factor-alpha (TNF-α) gene promoter were associated with outcomes of hepatitis B virus …

The genetic basis of susceptibility to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is poorly understood.
To summarize the quantitative association between polymorphisms of the tumour necrosis …

AIM To investigate the association of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα)-G308A
polymorphism with different liver pathological changes in treatment-naïve Egyptian patients …

Objective Published studies on the association between NCF4 rs4821544T/C polymorphism
and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) risk in Caucasian have yielded conflicting results …