Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 5 , Pages 1796-1805.e6, May 2009

A Polymorphism in MAPKAPK3 Affects Response to Interferon Therapy for Chronic Hepatitis C

  • Hironobu Tsukada

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Digestive Diseases, Center for Genomic Medicine, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
    • Pharmacology Research Laboratories, Drug Research Division, Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd, Kasugade Naka, Konohana-ku, Osaka, Japan
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  • Hidenori Ochi

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Digestive Diseases, Center for Genomic Medicine, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Toshiro Maekawa

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Digestive Diseases, Center for Genomic Medicine, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Hiromi Abe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical and Molecular Science, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Hiroshima University, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Yoshifumi Fujimoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical and Molecular Science, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Hiroshima University, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Masataka Tsuge

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical and Molecular Science, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Hiroshima University, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
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  • Hiroshi Takahashi

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Statistical Analysis, Center for Genomic Medicine, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Hiromitsu Kumada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hepatology, Toranomon Hospital, Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Naoyuki Kamatani

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Statistical Analysis, Center for Genomic Medicine, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Yusuke Nakamura

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Human Genome Center, The Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Kazuaki Chayama

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Digestive Diseases, Center for Genomic Medicine, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
    • Department of Medical and Molecular Science, Division of Frontier Medical Science, Programs for Biomedical Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Hiroshima University, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Kazuaki Chayama, MD, PhD, Laboratory for Digestive Diseases, Center for Genomic Medicine, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan. fax: (81) 82-255-6220

Received 3 January 2008; accepted 29 January 2009. published online 02 February 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding This study was supported by a grant from the Japanese Millennium Project, and in part by Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co, Ltd. This work was also supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research and Development from the Ministry of Education, Sports, Culture, and Technology and the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare.

PII: S0016-5085(09)00165-6

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2009.01.061

Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 5 , Pages 1796-1805.e6, May 2009

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