Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
IFNA13
Associated Variants
IFNA13 MUTATION
IFNA13 MUTATION
Associated Disease
hepatitis
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
The identification of mutations in the HVR1 region of hepatitis type C virus (HCV) is time-consuming and expensive, and there is a need for a rapid, inexpensive method of screening for these mutations to predict the ineffectiveness of pegylated interferon alpha combined with ribavirin (PEG-IFNα/RBV) therapy.
Pubmed
25588648
Section of the abstract supporting the evidence
ALL_TEXT_1/3
Number of the section of the abstract supporting the evidence
1
Number of the sentence supporting the evidence
1
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.00217153497664243
Drugs