The recommended treatment for patients with chronic hepatitis C, pegylated interferon-alpha (PEG-IFN-alpha) plus ribavirin (RBV), does not provide sustained virologic response (SVR) in all patients. We report a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to null virological response (NVR) in the treatment of patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 within a Japanese population. We found two SNPs near the gene IL28B on chromosome 19 to be strongly associated with NVR (rs12980275, P = 1.93 x 10(-13), and rs8099917, 3.11 x 10(-15)). We replicated these associations in an independent cohort (combined P values, 2.84 x 10(-27) (OR = 17.7; 95% CI = 10.0-31.3) and 2.68 x 10(-32) (OR = 27.1; 95% CI = 14.6-50.3), respectively). Compared to NVR, these SNPs were also associated with SVR (rs12980275, P = 3.99 x 10(-24), and rs8099917, P = 1.11 x 10(-27)). In further fine mapping of the region, seven SNPs (rs8105790, rs11881222, rs8103142, rs28416813, rs4803219, rs8099917 and rs7248668) located in the IL28B region showed the most significant associations (P = 5.52 x 10(-28)-2.68 x 10(-32); OR = 22.3-27.1). Real-time quantitative PCR assays in peripheral blood mononuclear cells showed lower IL28B expression levels in individuals carrying the minor alleles (P = 0.015).
Epitaxial chemical vapor deposition (CVD) growth of uniform single-layer graphene is demonstrated over Co film crystallized on c-plane sapphire. The single crystalline Co film is realized on the sapphire substrate by optimized high-temperature sputtering and successive H(2) annealing. This crystalline Co film enables the formation of uniform single-layer graphene, while a polycrystalline Co film deposited on a SiO(2)/Si substrate gives a number of graphene flakes with various thicknesses. Moreover, an epitaxial relationship between the as-grown graphene and Co lattice is observed when synthesis occurs at 1000 °C; the direction of the hexagonal lattice of the single-layer graphene completely matches with that of the underneath Co/sapphire substrate. The orientation of graphene depends on the growth temperature and, at 900 °C, the graphene lattice is rotated at 22 ± 8° with respect to the Co lattice direction. Our work expands a possibility of synthesizing single-layer graphene over various metal catalysts. Moreover, our CVD growth gives a graphene film with predefined orientation, and thus can be applied to graphene engineering, such as cutting along a specific crystallographic direction, for future electronics applications.
We report the atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition (CVD) growth of single-layer graphene over a crystalline Cu(111) film heteroepitaxially deposited on c-plane sapphire. Orientation-controlled, epitaxial single-layer graphene is achieved over the Cu(111) film on sapphire, while a polycrystalline Cu film deposited on a Si wafer gives non-uniform graphene with multi-layer flakes. Moreover, the CVD temperature is found to affect the quality and orientation of graphene grown on the Cu/sapphire substrates. The CVD growth at 1000 ºC gives high-quality epitaxial single-layer graphene whose orientation of hexagonal lattice matches with the Cu(111) lattice which is determined by the sapphire's crystallographic direction. At lower CVD temperature of 900 ºC, low-quality graphene with
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