Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Recently, two functional IL18 promoter variants, -607C>A (rs1946518) and -137G>C (rs187238), were associated with viral clearance in patients with hepatitis C. The present study focused on their relevance for treatment response. METHODS:Seven hundred fifty-seven chronically infected European patients and 791 controls were enrolled in the study. IL18 genotyping was performed by allele-specific PCR. Liver histology was available in 67.9%. RESULTS:Genotype and allele frequencies were equally distributed in patients and controls. No significant association with various disease characteristics was observed. However, when comparing patients with sustained virological response (SR) and non-SR, statistically significant associations were found for both variants (p = 0.0416 and p = 0.0274, respectively). In viral genotype 1, the -607A allele was positively associated with treatment response (p = 0.0190; OR 1.537; 95% CI, 1.072-2.205) and the -137G allele with a higher rate of nonresponse (p = 0.0302; OR 1.524; 95% CI, 1.040-2.233). CONCLUSIONS:The association of IL18 variants with treatment response in genotype 1 hepatitis C patients implies a predictive and modifying role of these genetic variants.
journal_name
J Clin Immunoljournal_title
Journal of clinical immunologyauthors
Haas SL,Weiss C,Bugert P,Gundt J,Witt H,Singer MV,Berg T,Böcker Udoi
10.1007/s10875-009-9302-zsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-09-01 00:00:00pages
620-8issue
5eissn
0271-9142issn
1573-2592journal_volume
29pub_type
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