Hepatic peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ and α-mRNA expression in HCV-infected adults is decreased by HIV co-infection and is also affected by ethnicity

OBJECTIVE: To determine peroxisome proliferator activated receptor α and γ mRNA expression in liver tissue of hepatitis C virus-infected patients with and without human immunodeficiency virus and its possible contribution to an acceleration of liver disease progression. METHODS: We measured peroxis...

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Main Authors: Nathan J. Shores, Maria Cássia Mendes-Corrêa, Ivana Maida, JoLyn Turner, Kevin P. High, Sergio Babudieri, Marina Núãez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2015-12-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322015001200790&lng=en&tlng=en