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Key: | Protein | Mutation | Event | Anatomy | Negation | Speculation | Pain term | Disease term |
In vitro studies have shown that morphine, which exerts its effects by binding to opioid receptors, enhances the expression of hepatitis C RNA in hepatitis C-replicon containing liver cells, and that it interferes with the antiviral effect of interferon on the hepatitis C virus. | |||||||||||||||
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The hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody was present in each case. | |||||||||||||||
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One hundred patients with chronic hepatitis C, 50 on methadone maintenance, and 50 with no intravenous drug use or opioid maintenance for at least 5 years were prospectively matched for sex, age, hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype and HCV RNA. | |||||||||||||||
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Anti-HCV antibodies were found in 7/152 (4.6%) patients suffering from FM and in 5/152 (3.3%) of control subjects. | |||||||||||||||
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No beneficial effect of silymarin was found on serum alanine aminotransferase or hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA levels. | |||||||||||||||
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