Relative and combined Effects of Ethanol and Hepatitis C Virus Infection on Serum Interleukin-17 Levels
Journal Title: Archives of Hepatitis Research - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Interleukin-17 (IL-17) is involved in neutrophil recruitment and may contribute to the progression from fatty liver to steatohepatitis. Its role in alcoholics and in HCV-infected patients is not clear, lower- or higher-than normal values having been reported. Aim: To study the behavior of IL-17 among alcoholics with or without Hepatitis C virus infection (HCV), given the frequent association of both entities and the apparently opposite results reported in these two groups of patients.
Authors and Affiliations
González-Reimers Emilio, Martín-González Candelaria, Quintero-Platt Geraldine, Romero-Acevedo Lucía, Pérez-Hernández Onán, Espelosín-Ortega Elisa, de-la- Vega-Prieto María José, González-Díaz Antonieta, Santolaria-Fernández Francisco
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