Article: Twice-weekly administration of peginterferon-alpha-2b improves viral kinetics.

Article: Increased Cytokine Level Explains Treatment Failure in ...
Hepatitis Weekly;  December 4, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Although interferon (IFN)-alpha beta is ... treating patients with viral hepatitis, some patients do not respond to IFN-alpha beta treatment ... cytokine. "Because viral hepatitis is associated with ... the efficacy of IFN therapy," said ...

Article: Increased Cytokine Level Explains Treatment Failure in ...
Virus Weekly;  December 5, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Although interferon (IFN)-alpha beta is ... treating patients with viral hepatitis, some patients do not respond to IFN-alpha beta treatment ... cytokine. "Because viral hepatitis is associated with ... the efficacy of IFN therapy," said ...

Article: Therapy (HBV) "The Long-Term Effect of Treatment with ...
Hepatitis Weekly;  January 11, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... article published in Journal of Viral Hepatitis, "This study was performed ... effects of interferon-alpha 2a (IFN-alpha 2a) vs. no treatment ... years). Viral clearance after IFN-alpha 2a, or occurring spontaneously ... presumed beneficial effect of IFN-alpha 2a on disease progression ...

Article: Antiviral therapy in acute viral hepatitis B: why ...
Infectious Agents and Cancer;  January 16, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Oreste Perrella [1] Letter to the editor Dear Editor, Acute viral hepatitis B is cleared in more than 95% of patients, while the remainder ... T regs could be able suppressing the population and gamma IFN production, mediated by HbsAg. In summary, our findings ...

Article: Effect of vitamin E on serum aminotransferase and thioredoxin ...
Alternative Medicine Review;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... patients, partly non-responsive to initial interferon (IFN), with higher than average level of serum alanine aminotransferase ... induced liver damage is reduced by Vit. E in patients with viral hepatitis C, particularly those with initial ALT levels > 70 IU ...

Article: Therapy (HCV) "Effectiveness of Interferon Alpha Treatment In ...
Hepatitis Weekly;  January 18, 1999 ;     585 words ... ... application of antiviral agents other than IFN. The aim of this study is to evaluate the preliminary results of effectiveness of IFN-alpha in children with chronic HCV. 20 ... in 11% - 3. Patients were treated with IFN alpha, 2.5-5 MU/m(2), 3 times ...

Article: Drug Interactions "Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Due to ...
Hepatitis Weekly;  June 8, 1998 ;     473 words ... ... cell antigen GAD65. T cells revealed Th1-cytokine profile. IDDM and all signs of autoimmunity disappeared 12 months after IFN-therapy. (Table not provided). CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that interferon alpha-2a may induce a reversible organ ...