Editorial
Copyright ©2006 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Nov 28, 2006; 12(44): 7075-7080
Published online Nov 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i44.7075
Figure 1
Figure 1 Prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients with chronic hepatitis C and chronic hepatitis B.
Figure 2
Figure 2 Interaction between insulin and peginterferon alpha signalling pathway. The phosphatidil-inositol-3-kinase (PI3K) activated by insulin seems to be responsible for the block of STAT 1 translocation avoiding antiviral effect of interferon. Dotted lines represent inhibition, continuous lines represent activation.