IL6 and chronic hepatitis C virus infection: Here, we studied whether interleukin-28B or interleukin-6 (IL-6) promoter SNP affects the response to the PegIFN-α2a/ribavirin antiviral treatment in IVDU patients diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C. We determined IL-6 promoter and IL-28B gene polymorphisms in a cohort of 110 patients with chronic hepatitis C. All IVDU positive patients diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C were treated with a standard protocol of peg-interferon alpha-2a and ribavirin.