METHOD FOR JUDGING EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERFERON TREATMENT IN CHRONIC HEPATITIS C PATIENT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for judging effectiveness of interferon treatment by elucidating a relation between expression of IFN receptor gene in a hepatitis C patient infected with HCV-1b and effectiveness of interferon treatment.;SOLUTION: This method for judging effectiveness of interferon treatment in a chronic hepatitis C patient comprises detection of presence of expression of IFN-α receptor (IFNAR1) and IFN-α/β receptor (IFNAR2) in a patient liver.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2001,JPO