This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved 1 Research Article Role of ApoB-516C/T promoter gene polymorphism in the risk of Hepatitis C virus infection in Egyptian patients and in gender susceptibility † Rania H Khalifa 1 , Dalia A Labib 1 , Mohamed A Kamel 1 , Rasha Mohamad Hosny Shahin 1 , Dina M. Rasheed Bahgat 1 , Nermine Magdi Riad 1 , Engy El Khateeb 1 , Amr M El-deeb 2 , Marwa Hassan 3 1 Department of Clinical Pathology, Kasr Al-Ainy, School of Medicine, Cairo University 2 Department of Tropical Medicine, Kasr Al-Ainy, School of Medicine, Cairo University 3 Immunology Department, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute. The study received no grant. The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. This manuscript has not been published elsewhere and it has not been submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere. * Please address all correspondence to: Marwa Hassan Immunology Department, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute Warrak El-Hadar, postal code: 12411. Email: marwahassan_777@yahoo.com Telephone number: 02-01062309003 Short Title: ApoB Promoter Gene Polymorphism and HCV † This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: [10.1002/jmv.24815] Received 3 December 2016; Revised 8 March 2017; Accepted 8 March 2017 Journal of Medical Virology This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved DOI 10.1002/jmv.24815