Sex-specific effects of TLR9 promoter variants on spontaneous clearance of HCV infection

Janett Fischer; Alexander N R Weber; Stephan Böhm; Sabine Dickhöfer; Souhayla El Maadidi; Danilo Deichsel; Viola Knop; Hartwig Klinker; Bernd Möller; Jens Rasenack; Lisa Wang; Manu Sharma; Holger Hinrichsen; Ulrich Spengler; Peter Buggisch; Christoph Sarrazin; Michael Pawlita; Tim Waterboer; Manfred Wiese; Elsbeth Probst-Müller; Raffaele Malinverni; Pierre-Yves Bochud; Clair Gardiner; Cliona O'Farrelly; Thomas Berg

doi:10.1136/gutjnl-2015-310239

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Hepatology

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Sex-specific effects of TLR9 promoter variants on spontaneous clearance of HCV infection

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Janett Fischer Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Section of Hepatology, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alexander N R Weber Department of Immunology, Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stephan Böhm Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Section of Hepatology, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sabine Dickhöfer Department of Immunology, Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Souhayla El Maadidi Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Section of Hepatology, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany Department of Immunology, Interfaculty Institute for Cell Biology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Danilo Deichsel Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Section of Hepatology, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Viola Knop Medical Department 1, Goethe-University Hospital Frankfurt/Main, Frankfurt, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hartwig Klinker Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Bernd Möller Department of Medical Practice, Charlottenstraße 81, Berlin, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jens Rasenack Medical Department, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lisa Wang Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Applied Biometry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Manu Sharma Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Applied Biometry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Holger Hinrichsen Department of Gastroenterology, Gastroenterologische Schwerpunkt-Praxis, Kiel, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ulrich Spengler Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Peter Buggisch Liver Unit, IFI Institute for Interdisciplinary Medicine, Asklepios Klinik St. Georg Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Christoph Sarrazin Medical Department 1, Goethe-University Hospital Frankfurt/Main, Frankfurt, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael Pawlita Department of Genome Modifications and Carcinogenesis (F020), Research Program Infection and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tim Waterboer Department of Genome Modifications and Carcinogenesis (F020), Research Program Infection and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Manfred Wiese Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Section of Hepatology, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Elsbeth Probst-Müller University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Raffaele Malinverni Pourtalès Hospital, Neuchâtel, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Pierre-Yves Bochud Infectious Diseases Service, University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Clair Gardiner School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Cliona O'Farrelly School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Thomas Berg Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Section of Hepatology, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Janett Fischer, Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Section of Hepatology, University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany, Liebigstraße 21, Leipzig 04103, Germany; janett.fischer{at}medizin.uni-leipzig.de

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Fischer J, Weber ANR, Böhm S, et al

Sex-specific effects of TLR9 promoter variants on spontaneous clearance of HCV infection

Gut 2017;66:1829-1837.

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Received June 25, 2015
Revised March 18, 2016
Accepted March 29, 2016
First published April 21, 2016.

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December 15, 2017

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