Variant Gene Risk Allele Score vda Association Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Host DNA from all HCV positive patients and age- and sex-matched non-HCV-infected control individuals were analysed for IL28B single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) (rs12979860 and rs8099917). 30865664

2019

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Genetic polymorphisms within the interferon lambda (IFN-λ) region are strongly associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) clearance; the IFNL4-ΔG/TT (rs368234815) polymorphism, which controls the generation of IFN-λ4 protein, is more strongly associated with HCV clearance than rs12979860 (the 'IL28B variant'). 26186989

2015

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Recent clinical studies have shown that the presence of CC genotype in the rs12979860 region of IL28B gene is associated with an increase in the probability of spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV). 23936294

2013

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Most HCV-infected Han Chinese patients were IL28B genotype CC (rs12979860). 24090188

2014

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Using linear regression, after adjusting for sex, age, infection duration, symptomatic infection, HIV co-infection, interferon-lambda rs12979860 genotype, HCV genotype, and assay run, higher ALT levels (β = 0.20; 95 % CI: 0.07, 0.32; P = 0.002) and HCV RNA levels >400,000 IU/mL (vs. <8,500 IU/mL; β = 0.16; 95 % CI: 0.03, 0.28; P = 0.014) were independently associated with higher IP-10 levels. 26911712

2016

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE The interleukin-28B (IL28B) gene contains a single-nucleotide polymorphism at location rs12979860 that affects both the natural history of hepatitis C virus infection and the patient's response to treatment, particularly interferon-based regimens with or without protease inhibitors. 25897598

2015

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Genotyping IL28B SNP rs12979860 is useful to predict the response to a standard regimen with PegIFN-α/RVB, especially in those infected with HCV genotype 1. 26189761

2015

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE In both studies, IL-28B rs129</span>79860 CC was associated more strongly with a good response to interferon than other baseline factors; however, a ≥ 1 log(10) decrease in HCV-RNA level at week 4 was associated more strongly with SVR than IL-28B rs12979860. 22626609

2012

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Patients carrying CC(rs12979860) had higher baseline HCV RNA levels (P < .001) and did not, when treated for 12 weeks, achieve sustained virologic response more often than those carrying CT(rs1297986) or TT(rs1297986). 21606533

2011

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Recently, two single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs12979860 T/C and rs8099917 T/G, upstream of the interleukin (IL)-28B/interferon (IFN)-λ3 gene have been clearly associated with spontaneous and treatment-induced viral clearance in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. 25273834

2014

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE We assessed hepatovenous pressure gradient (HVPG), liver stiffness (transient elastography), and interleukin (IL)-28B polymorphisms (rs12979860) in 90 cirrhotic patients with HCV infection (82% genotype 1 or 4) before antiviral therapy with pegylated interferon and ribavirin.Efficacy and safety were evaluated. 21397726

2011

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Genetic polymorphisms within the interferon λ (IFN-λ) chromosomal region, mainly rs12979860 of IFN-λ4 gene (IFNL4), are known as associated with spontaneous hepatitis C virus (HCV) resolution and sustained viral response to therapy with pegylated interferon- α and ribavirin. 30027841

2019

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE The <i>IL28B</i> rs12979860 CT/TT genotypes (OR = 3.44, 95% CI [2.12-5.58], <i>p</i> < 0.001), bAt haplotype (OR = 2.02, 95% CI [1.04-3.91], <i>p</i> = 0.03), pre-treatment serum HCV RNA (logIU/mL; OR = 1.73, 95% CI [1.31-2.28], <i>p</i> < 0.001), advanced liver fibrosis (OR = 1.68, 95% CI [1.10-2.58], <i>p</i> = 0.02), and HCV genotype 1 (OR = 1.59, 95% CI [1.07-2.37], <i>p</i> = 0.02) independently predicted poor response. 31565578

2019

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Multivariate logistic regression of the three markers showed that the A/A genotypes in both rs11506105 (EFGR) and rs11881222 (IL28B), and the C/C genotype in rs12979860 (IL28B) are associated with HCV clearance (recessive model: odds ratio (OR)=2.06, 95% confidence interval (95% CI)=1.09-3.88, P=0.025; OR=2.09, 95% CI=1.23-3.60, P=0.007; and OR=1.95, 95% CI=1.15-3.35, P=0.014 for rs11506105, rs12979860 and rs11881222, respectively). 26378651

2015

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE The most significant positive factors affecting the SC HCV included IL-28B single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs12979860 (CC) and SNP rs8099917 (TT) (OR 4.03, p<0.001) and (OR 3.14, p<0.002), female gender (OR 2.72, p<0.001), young age (OR 2.30, p<0.008), and past history of jaundice (OR 5.12, p<0.001). 31060998

2019

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Single genetic nucleotide polymorphism (rs12979860) near the gene for interleukin 28B (IL28B) is known to be of importance for frequency of spontaneous clearance and treatment outcome in interferon-based therapies in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. 28820758

2017

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE A total of 557 HCV-seroreactive individuals with thalassemia were processed for HCV viral genotyping and host IL28B single-nucleotide polymorphism analysis at loci rs12979860 and rs8099917. 28419488

2017

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Early viral load and recipient interleukin-28B rs12979860 genotype are predictors of the progression of hepatitis C after liver transplantation. 22298465

2012

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Interleukin-28B rs12979860C/T and rs8099917T/G contribute to spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus in Caucasians. 23266640

2013

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Although the protective rs12979860 IL28B CC genotype is associated with spontaneous HCV clearance, stronger CD4(+) T-cell responses towards NS3 were only evident among those with non-CC haplotypes. 23121365

2012

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE IFNL4 ss469415590 variant shows similar performance to rs12979860 as predictor of response to treatment against Hepatitis C Virus genotype 1 or 4 in Caucasians. 24748394

2014

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE IL28B rs12979860 and rs8099917 single nucleotide polymorphisms are significantly associated with SC of HCV infection. 23611115

2013

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the epidermal growth factor (EGF, rs4444903), patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein 3 (PNPLA3, rs738409) genes, and near the interleukin-28B (IL28B, rs12979860) gene are linked to treatment response, fibrosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in chronic hepatitis C. Whether these SNPs independently or in combination predict clinical deterioration in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related cirrhosis is unknown. 25504078

2014

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE In multivariate analysis, females with the favorable genotype for rs12979860 (CC) had an increased odds to spontaneously clear HCV infection (adjusted OR 6.62, 95% 2.69-26.13), whereas females with the unfavorable genotype were as likely as men with the favorable and unfavorable genotype to clear HCV. 22110669

2011

dbSNP: rs12979860
rs12979860
0.100 GeneticVariation BEFREE The most studied SNP (rs12979860) showed similar results for patients co-infected with HCV/HIV, as for those infected with HCV only. 23298311

2013