To this point little DNA microarray work done has been done with HCV. However, what work has been done is interesting and shows promise. In studies comparing Hepatitis B (HBV) with Hepatitis C, HBV infection was found to express genes predominantly involved in inflammation. In contrast, with HCV infection anti-inflammatory genes were found to be expressed (3). In another study HCV associated cirrhosis has been shown to be characterized by proinflammatory, pro-fibrotic and proapoptotic gene expression profiles (4).