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The prevalence, clinical features and response to antiviral therapy of patients with chronic hepatitis C who are seropositive for liver-kidney microsome type 1 antibodies.

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BACKGROUND:Antibodies to liver-kidney microsome type 1 (anti-LKM-1), which are a marker of autoimmune hepatitis, are found in a minority of patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Whether interferon/ribavirin therapy is safe and effective in these patients is unclear. AIM:To describe the prevalence, clinical features and response to interferon/ribavirin therapy of anti-LKM-1 seropositive patients with chronic hepatitis C. PATIENTS AND METHODS:All anti-LKM-1 seropositive patients with chronic hepatitis C who between 1997 and 2002 underwent a diagnostic liver biopsy at the Liver Center Maggiore Hospital, Milan, were studied. Serum HCV RNA was tested by in-house PCR with a limit sensitivity of 50 IU/ml. Tissue antibodies were assessed by indirect immunofluorescence on cryostat sections from rat liver, kidney and stomach. Liver biopsies were graded and staged by the Ishak score. Autoimmune hepatitis was defined according to the International Autoimmune Hepatitis Grading (IAHG) score. RESULTS:Forty-eight (1.8%) of 2675 HCV patients circulated anti-LKM-1 (30 females, 55 years of age). Twenty-eight had genotype 2, 18 genotype 1, and two genotype 3. Aminotransferase levels had been high for 23 + 12 years, on average. Using IAHG, autoimmune hepatitis was excluded in 44 patients (92%) and found to be probable in 4 patients (8%). Chronic hepatitis was histologically mild in 34 patients (70%), moderate to severe in 7 patients (15%) and with cirrhosis in 7 patients (15%). A sustained virological response (SVR) was achieved in 20 of the 27 patients who received interferon/ribavirin (13 genotype 2c with 87% SVR, and 7 genotype 1b with 58% SVR). None of the patients had serum aminotransferases, immunoglobulins or anti-LKM-1 levels flaring following therapy. CONCLUSIONS:LKM-1 antibodies rarely occur in patients with chronic hepatitis C and do not predict autoimmune hepatitis, interferon/ribavirin hyporesponsiveness or immune-related reactions to therapy.

journal_name

Antivir Ther

journal_title

Antiviral therapy

authors

Monti V,Aghemo A,Rumi MG,Donato MF,Del Ninno E,Colombo M

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-01-01 00:00:00

pages

715-20

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eissn

1359-6535

issn

2040-2058

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The prevalence, clinical features and response to antiviral therapy of patients with chronic hepatitis C who are seropositive for liver-kidney microsome type 1 antibodies.