1340 HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION ALTERS LIPID METABOLISM DEPENDING ON THE RS12979860 POLYMORPHISM IN THE IL28B GENE

1339 IL28B GENETIC VARIANTS AND GENDER ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SPONTANEOUS CLEARANCE OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION H.Y. Rao, D.G. Sun, D. Jiang, R.F. Yang, F. Guo, J.H. Wang, F. Liu, H.Y. Zhang, H.H. Zhang, S.C. Du, A.S. Lok, L. Wei. Peking University People’s Hospital, Peking University Hepatology Institute, Beijing, Guan County Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hebei Guan, China; Division of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA E-mail: rao.huiying@163.com