Delayed viral suppression during antiviral therapy is associated with increased hepatocellular carcinoma rates in HBeAg-positive high viral load chronic hepatitis B.

abstract：:Better understanding of hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication, natural history and the immunopathogenesis of chronic hepatitis B, together with the introduction of effective agents with different mechanisms of action are the basis for better therapeutic strategies against chronic hepatitis B. Among currently available d...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Liaw YF

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate, among 70 hepatitis C virus (HCV)-monoinfected and 36 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-coinfected naïve patients with genotypes 1/4 receiving weight-adjusted pegylated interferon-alpha-2b/ribavirin, viral kinetics and the feasibility to predict treatment failure measuring early HCV-RNA decreases. HCV-RNA...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Moreno A,Bárcena R,García-Garzón S,Moreno L,Quereda C,Muriel A,Zamora J,Mateos ML,Pérez-Elías MJ,Antela A,Diz S,Moreno A,Moreno S

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is currently the most important cause of chronic viral hepatitis in the world and one of the most frequent indications for liver transplantation. HCV uses different strategies to evade the innate and adaptive immune response, and this evasion plays a key role in determining viral pers...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Fernández-Ponce C,Dominguez-Villar M,Muñoz-Miranda JP,Arbulo-Echevarria MM,Litrán R,Aguado E,García-Cozar F

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of lamivudine re-treatment in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients who relapse after HBeAg seroconversion with lamivudine has not been investigated. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of lamivudine re-treatment in relapsed patients. Among 192 patients who had achieved HBeAg seroconversion wi...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Shin JW,Park NH,Park JH,Park JH,Jeong ID,Bang SJ,Joo KR,Kim DH

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to compare the evolution of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in HIV-, HIV-HBV- and HBV-infected patients treated with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF). Three groups of patients receiving TDF > 12 months were recruited: 194 HIV-infected patients, 85 HIV-HBV-coinfected patients and 50 HBV-infected...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Pradat P,Le Pogam MA,Okon JB,Trolliet P,Miailhes P,Brochier C,Maynard M,Bailly F,Zoulim F,Cotte L

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Better convenience and tolerability and sustained therapeutic concentrations might improve interferon (IFN) treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. In an open-label, randomized study, controlled release free (chemically unmodified) recombinant human IFN-α(2b) in poly(ether-ester) microspheres (CR-rhIF...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Dzyublyk I,Yegorova T,Moroz L,Popovych O,Zaytsev I,Miroshnichenko V,Kromminga A,Wilkes MM,van Hoogdalem EJ,Humphries JE

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment and treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the community remains low. We evaluated factors associated with HCV specialist assessment and treatment in a cross-sectional study to evaluate treatment considerations in a sample of 634 participants with self-reported HCV infection in New South Wales, Australia....

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Grebely J,Bryant J,Hull P,Hopwood M,Lavis Y,Dore GJ,Treloar C

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the association between chronic HBV or HCV infection and the risk of extrahepatic cancers. A total of 537 103 adults aged ≥20 years without history of cancer were identified from the Korean National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort between 2003 and 2013. The difference in cancer inci...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Hong CY,Sinn DH,Kang D,Paik SW,Guallar E,Cho J,Gwak GY

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is characterized by an impaired immune response to hepatitis B virus. Among the nucleos(t)ides used in CHB treatment, telbivudine is associated with the highest rates of hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) seroconversion rates, which are similar to those observed with pegylated interferon (PegIFN)....

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Wang GQ,Ding YP,Dong YH

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hepatitis C represents a major cause of progressive liver disease that can eventually evolve into cirrhosis and its end-stage complications. Formation and accumulation of fibrosis in the liver is the common pathway that leads to evolutive liver disease. Precise staging of liver fibrosis is essential for patien...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Sebastiani G,Alberti A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes 1 and 4 respond less well to pegylated interferon (pegIFN) plus ribavirin (RBV) therapy. For this reason most studies merge these two genotypes when assessing virological response. However, in most trials the HCV genotype 4 population is rather small, and conclusions are mainly...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Martín-Carbonero L,Puoti M,García-Samaniego J,De Luca A,Losada E,Quinzan G,Bruno R,Mariño A,González M,Núñez M,Soriano V

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is associated with many extrahepatic malignancies, but its association with and impact on ovarian cancer has not been examined. We therefore examined the prevalence of HBV infection among women with primary ovarian carcinoma in an endemic area, and whether this impacts the presentatio...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Wong L,Cheung TH,Yim SF,Lao TT

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapies on fibrosis regression remains uncertain. In the current study, we prospectively evaluated dynamics of liver stiffness by transient elastography (TE) in patients with chronic HCV infection receiving DAA-based treatment. Patients (260) were enrolled in the German He...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Knop V,Mauss S,Goeser T,Geier A,Zimmermann T,Herzer K,Postel N,Friedrich-Rust M,Hofmann WP,German Hepatitis C-Registry.

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative serology for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) is a new candidate marker for prediction of clinical outcome. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical significance of quantifying HBsAg in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. A total of 424 patients who tested positive for HBsAg a...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Togo S,Arai M,Tawada A,Chiba T,Kanda T,Fujiwara K,Imazeki F,Yokosuka O

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although hepatitis C (HCV) is associated with diabetes, few studies have examined pre-diabetes in this population. We aimed to evaluate factors associated with pre-diabetes in HCV-infected patients, including direct measurement of insulin action. Ninety-seven non-cirrhotic, non-diabetic and HCV-infected patients under...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Mukhtar NA,Ayala C,Maher JJ,Khalili M

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon-alpha 2b (IFN-alpha 2b) can exert antiproliferative activity in both normal and malignant liver tissue. To study mechanisms of its antiproliferative action, the activity of the enzymes of adenosine metabolism were investigated. We studied 5'-nucleotidase (an adenosine-producing enzyme) and adenosine deamina...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Kocić G,Kocić R,Vlahović P,Pavlović D,Jevtović T

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a human hepatotropic virus, but many hepatoma cell lines are not permissive to this virus. In a previous study, we observed that SNU-182, SNU-398 and SNU-449 hepatoma cell lines were nonpermissive to HCV. To understand the nonpermissivity, we evaluated the ability of each cell line to suppor...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Fournier C,Hoffmann TW,Morel V,Descamps V,Dubuisson J,Brochot E,Francois C,Duverlie G,Castelain S,Helle F

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DCs) in chronic hepatitis C patients display impaired function, although the details remain unclear. To investigate the hepatitis C virus (HCV) protein that has the most impact on DC function, we compared five recombinant proteins and seven HCV protein genes in modulating DC phenotype and function. Im...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Takaki A,Tatsukawa M,Iwasaki Y,Koike K,Noguchi Y,Shiraha H,Sakaguchi K,Nakayama E,Yamamoto K

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has rapidly evolved into interferon-free directly acting antiviral regimens (DAA) that result in high sustained virologic response. DAAs primarily work by suppressing HCV replication and rely less on the immune system than interferon-based therapies. However, it ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Shrivastava S,Wilson E,Poonia B,Tang L,Osinusi A,Kohli A,Kottilil S

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This open label study was initiated to assess the safety and efficacy of lymphoblastoid interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) and thymosin alpha 1 (T alpha 1) in the treatment of 11 patients with chronic hepatitis B, who had failed to respond to standard IFN-alpha 2b therapy, and in four interferon naive patients. These fiftee...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Rasi G,Mutchnick MG,Di Virgilio D,Sinibaldi-Vallebona P,Pierimarchi P,Colella F,Favalli C,Garaci E

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and experimental studies have demonstrated that connective-tissue growth factor (CTGF) expression is increased in fibrotic human liver and experimental animal models of liver fibrogenesis. CTGF has been linked to transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) pathways in fibroproliferative diseases and specific p...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Kovalenko E,Tacke F,Gressner OA,Zimmermann HW,Lahme B,Janetzko A,Wiederholt T,Berg T,Müller T,Trautwein C,Gressner AM,Weiskirchen R

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is a major cause of acute hepatitis in many developing countries. Based on data from nonendemic regions, an animal reservoir of HEV has been proposed; however, data from HEV-endemic regions are limited. We tested sera from 200 pigs, 98 chickens, 86 goats, 58 sheep and 30 buffaloes for anti-HEV ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Shukla P,Chauhan UK,Naik S,Anderson D,Aggarwal R

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neumann et al. [1] developed a widely used model for the analysis of hepatitis C virus (HCV) dynamics after the initiation of interferon therapy that assumes the effectiveness of therapy in blocking virion production, epsilon, is constant. However, with pegylated interferon alpha-2b (PEG-IFN) given weekly, there are s...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Shudo E,Ribeiro RM,Perelson AS

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virus-like particles encapsulating HBV-RNA represent a serum biomarker for assessing viral replication activity in clinical practice. However, baseline levels of serum HBV-RNA and their associations with viral replicative intermediates and liver disease in phases of chronic hepatitis B remain unknown. In this cross-se...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Wang J,Yu Y,Li G,Shen C,Li J,Chen S,Zhang X,Zhu M,Zheng J,Song Z,Wu J,Shao L,Meng Z,Wang X,Huang Y,Zhang J,Qiu C,Zhang W

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and thirty-one post-liver transplantation patients with chronic hepatitis B and failing lamivudine therapy with detectable serum hepatitis B virus (HBV) deoxyribonucleic acid by hybridization assays or > or =1 x 10(6) copies/mL by polymerase chain reaction, and elevated alanine transaminase levels despite ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Westland CE,Yang H,Delaney WE 4th,Wulfsohn M,Lama N,Gibbs CS,Miller MD,Fry J,Brosgart CL,Schiff ER,Xiong S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term functional outcomes of sofosbuvir-based antiviral treatment were evaluated in a cohort study involving 16 Italian centres within the international compassionate use programme for post-transplant hepatitis C virus (HCV) recurrence. Seventy-three patients with cirrhosis (n=52) or fibrosing cholestatic hepatiti...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Vukotic R,Conti F,Fagiuoli S,Morelli MC,Pasulo L,Colpani M,Foschi FG,Berardi S,Pianta P,Mangano M,Donato MF,Malinverno F,Monico S,Tamè M,Mazzella G,Belli LS,Viganò R,Carrai P,Burra P,Russo FP,Lenci I,Toniutto P

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a comprehensive methodology for modelling the hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemic is proposed to predict the future disease burden and assess whether the recent decline in the incidence of HCV may affect the future occurrence of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cases. Using the prevalence of HC...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Sypsa V,Touloumi G,Tassopoulos NC,Ketikoglou I,Vafiadis I,Hatzis G,Tsantoulas D,Akriviadis E,Delladetsima J,Demonakou M,Hatzakis A

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the most common cause of endemic and epidemic acute hepatitis. A correlation between iNOS, eNOS polymorphisms, levels and severity of disease has been reported, and here, we examined the role of iNOS and eNOS gene polymorphisms and their levels in HEV-related acute viral hepatitis and acute ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Hazam RK,Deka M,Kar P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of viral hepatitis B. Several inflammatory diseases are associated with distinct polymorphisms of the ICAM-1 gene. The aims of this study were to analyse the association of ICAM-1 polymorphisms G241R and K469E with susceptibility to...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Zhang XQ,Hong XJ,Bai XJ

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1996, a combined vaccine against both hepatitis A and B was licensed and commercialized and has been recommended for healthcare personnel in Belgium. This study compares the immunogenicity against hepatitis B virus (HBV) and safety of two vaccination schedules (0-1-12 months and 0-1-6 months) with this vaccine. Thi...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： De Schryver A,Verstrepen K,Vandersmissen L,Vandermeeren N,Vernaillen I,Vranckx R,Van Damme P,van Sprundel M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00