@article{oai:soar-ir.repo.nii.ac.jp:00003827,
 author = {Joshita,  Satoru and Umemura,  Takeji and Katsuyama,  Yoshihiko and Ichikawa,  Yuki and Kimura,  Takefumi and Morita,  Susumu and Kamijo,  Atsushi and Komatsu,  Michiharu and Ichijo,  Tetsuya and Matsumoto,  Akihiro and Yoshizawa,  Kaname and Kamijo,  Nozomi and Ota,  Masao and Tanaka,  Eiji},
 issue = {3},
 journal = {HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {IL28B single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are associated with spontaneous and treatment-induced elimination of hepatitis C virus (HCV). To assess whether the IL28B rs8099917 SNP also affects the progression of chronic HCV infection, we genotyped 511 Japanese HCV patients, including 69 with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The T/T genotype of rs8099917 was not associated with the development of HCC (p = 0.623), although stepwise logistic regression analysis showed that liver cirrhosis, age greater than 68 years, and serum albumin <4.2 mg/dl were associated with HCC onset. It appears that the IL28B SNP does not directly influence hepatocarcinogenesis in chronic HCV infection., Article, HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY. 73(3):298-300 (2012)},
 pages = {298--300},
 title = {Association of IL28B gene polymorphism with development of hepatocellular carcinoma in Japanese patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection},
 volume = {73},
 year = {2012}
}