Oxidative burst response of neutrophils primed with PreS1 antigen of hepatitis B virus in patients with chronic hepatitis B and convalescents.

abstract：:In resource-rich countries, the incidence of and mortality from AIDS has fallen dramatically since the introduction of combination antiretroviral therapy. In contrast, developed countries have observed increases in the public health burden associated with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). We compared past and current trend...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Palmateer NE,Hutchinson SJ,McLeod A,Codere G,Goldberg DJ

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY:A simian hepatitis A virus (HAV) was identified retrospectively in a faecal sample from a rhesus monkey in India, inoculated in 1995 with a faecal suspension from a suspected patient of non-A to E hepatitis. The monkey was in captivity for 2 years in one of the experimental primate facilities in western India b...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Arankalle VA,Ramakrishnan J

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with insulin resistance (IR), although mechanisms leading to IR in these patients are not completely understood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of interleukin 28B (IL28B) and interleukin 28 receptor alpha (IL28RA) polymorphisms with IR among human ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Jiménez-Sousa MA,Berenguer J,Fernández-Rodríguez A,Micheloud D,Guzmán-Fulgencio M,Miralles P,Pineda-Tenor D,García-Álvarez M,López JC,Aldámiz-Echevarria T,Carrero A,Resino S

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：:The role of ribavirin (RBV) in the era of direct-acting antivirals (DAA) is not clear, and DAA studies have been largely genotype- and regimen-specific. Using data from the Chronic Hepatitis Cohort Study, we evaluated the role of RBV and increased DAA treatment duration among patients with chronic hepatitis C (HCV) in...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Lu M,Wu KH,Li J,Moorman AC,Spradling PR,Teshale EH,Boscarino JA,Daida YG,Schmidt MA,Rupp LB,Zhang T,Trudeau S,Gordon SC

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochemicals exert antiviral activity and may play a potential therapeutic role in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. In this work, we aimed to isolate NS3 inhibitors from traditional Indian medicinal plants that were found, in our earlier study, to inhibit HCV NS3 protease activity and to evaluate their potential t...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Bachmetov L,Gal-Tanamy M,Shapira A,Vorobeychik M,Giterman-Galam T,Sathiyamoorthy P,Golan-Goldhirsh A,Benhar I,Tur-Kaspa R,Zemel R

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of ledipasvir/sofosbuvir (LDV/SOF) in treatment-naïve patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) genotype 1 (GT1) in the absence or mild fibrosis (F0-F1) versus advanced fibrosis (F2-F4), from the perspective of the Spanish Health System. A Markov model was developed to simulate disease...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Buti M,Domínguez-Hernández R,Oyagüez I,Casado MA,Esteban R

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:We evaluated the effect of sustained virologic response (SVR) from direct-acting antiviral (DAA)- and interferon-based treatments on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) risk in a large population-based cohort in Canada. We used data from the BC Hepatitis Testers Cohort, which includes ~1.3 million individuals tested for HC...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Janjua NZ,Wong S,Darvishian M,Butt ZA,Yu A,Binka M,Alvarez M,Woods R,Yoshida EM,Ramji A,Feld J,Krajden M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced age and high hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA level are risk factors associated with the development of HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, little is known about the role of viral load in the carcinogenesis of HCC in young people. A total of 183 HBV-related HCC patients and 202 HBV carriers were t...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Tsai FC,Liu CJ,Chen CL,Chen PJ,Lai MY,Kao JH,Chen DS

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related chronic infection under treatment by nucleos(t)ide analogues (NUCs), HBsAg clearance is the ultimate therapeutic goal but very infrequent. We investigated how HBV envelope protein variability could lead to differential HBsAg clearance on NUCs. For 12 HBV genotype D patients receivin...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Velay A,Jeulin H,Eschlimann M,Malvé B,Goehringer F,Bensenane M,Frippiat JP,Abraham P,Ismail AM,Murray JM,Combet C,Zoulim F,Bronowicki JP,Schvoerer E

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Even with pegylated (PEG) interferons (IFN), therapy of chronic hepatitis C (genotype 1) remains unsatisfactory. The initial viral response to IFN identifies patients infected with IFN resistant viruses not responding to standard IFN/ribavirin therapy. The impact of primary IFN unresponsiveness for PEG-IFN-alpha-2a/ri...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Jessner W,Stauber R,Hackl F,Datz C,Watkins-Riedel T,Hofer H,Gangl A,Kessler H,Ferenci P

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the efficacy of prolonged interferon-alpha (IFN) therapy in children with chronic hepatitis caused by hepatitis delta virus (HDV) by treating 26 paediatric cases with IFN-alpha 2b (5 MU m-2, then 3 MU m-2 three times weekly for 12 (medium-term group MTG) or 24 months (long-term group, LTG). Compliance and ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Di Marco V,Giacchino R,Timitilli A,Bortolotti F,Crivellaro C,Calzia R,Iannuzzi C,Prestileo T,Vajro P,Nebbia G,Stringhi C,Rosina F,Biassoni D,Callea F,Rizzetto M,Craxi A

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemophilic patients have a high prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection because of the use of unsterilized clotting factor concentrates. Six major genotypes of HCV have been distinguished so far, with epidemiological evidence suggesting that genotypes 1-3 are common in the indigenous UK and US populations. Th...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Devereux H,Telfer P,Brown D,Morris A,Dusheiko G,Emery V,Lee C

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to analyse the current literature regarding the mode of transmission of HCV and its global prevalence in different groups of people. A systematic review of the literature on the epidemiology of hepatitis C from 1991 to 2000 using computerized bibliographic databases which include Medline, Curr...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Memon MI,Memon MA

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To achieve WHO hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination targets by 2030, mathematical models suggest there needs to be significant scale-up of treatment among people who inject drugs (PWID). We tested whether people who actively inject drugs can be recruited and treated successfully through a community needle and syringe p...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Schulkind J,Stephens B,Ahmad F,Johnston L,Hutchinson S,Thain D,Ward Z,Vickerman P,Hickman M,Dillon JF

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the availability of effective therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, there are little data on the uptake of treatment. We evaluated factors associated with HCV infection and the uptake of HCV treatment in a large community-based inner city cohort in Vancouver, Canada. The Community Health and Safety Ev...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Grebely J,Raffa JD,Lai C,Krajden M,Kerr T,Fischer B,Tyndall MW

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral therapy for chronic hepatitis B remains suboptimal. Mathematical modelling of viral decay kinetics to rapidly assess potential antiviral regimens has proved valuable for human immunodeficiency virus and cytomegalovirus. We defined the kinetics of viral replication in 10 chronic hepatitis B patients randomized to ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Wang CC,Holte S,Huang ML,Sacks SL,Engelberg R,Ferrenberg J,Shuhart M,Corey L

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis A incidence has declined in most countries through a combination of prevention measures, augmented through the use of a highly effective vaccine. In Australia, the proportion of the population susceptible to hepatitis A infection has declined over time due to high rates of opportunistic vaccination as well a...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Jayasundara D,Hui BB,Regan DG,Heywood AE,MacIntyre CR,Wood JG

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Italy, HDV infection endemicity has greatly decreased overtime. Migratory flow may change this scenario as migrants often come from high HDV endemicity areas. Here, we studied characteristics of HDV infection in Italy, particularly addressed to the birth area of subjects. Chronic HBsAg carriers consecutively referr...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Stroffolini T,Ciancio A,Furlan C,Vinci M,Fontana R,Russello M,Colloredo G,Morisco F,Coppola N,Babudieri S,Ferrigno L,Sagnelli C,Sagnelli E

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the prevalence and indicators of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in Houston and determine the effectiveness of targeted HCV screening in sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics. We performed a cross-sectional survey in low-risk and high-risk groups in Houston. This included a blinded survey of HCV con...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： D'Souza G,Arafat R,Hwang L,Cunningham C,Shah S,Reynolds K

更新日期：2003-03-01 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：:Flares in chronic hepatitis B are often detrimental but sometimes lead to sustained immune control and disease remission. The aim of this study was to estimate the frequency of hepatitis flares which occur during and/or after cessation of nucleos(t)ide analogue (NA) therapy, and to assess their outcomes. In a single c...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Zhang NP,Reijnders JG,Perquin M,Hansen BE,Janssen HL

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aimed to assess whether caesarean section and nonbreastfeeding can prevent mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) in HBsAg- and HBeAg-positive mothers via a cohort study and a meta-analysis. (1) Pregnant women who were positive for HBsAg and HBeAg and did not receive antiviral treatment during pregnancy were re...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Pan YC,Jia ZF,Wang YQ,Yang N,Liu JX,Zhai XJ,Song Y,Wang C,Li J,Jiang J

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recombinant protein corresponding to part of the amino-terminal domain of hepatitis B virus (HBV) polymerase was expressed in Escherichia coli. Antisera raised against this protein stained hepatocytes, from human liver biopsies, predominantly in the nucleus but some cytoplasmic staining was also observed. No stainin...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： McGarvey MJ,Goldin RD,Karayiannis P,Thomas HC

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon therapy for chronic hepatitis C reduces the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma, especially among virological and biochemical responders. However, little is known about the effect of interferon therapy on mortality. We studied the long-term effect of interferon therapy on mortality in patients with chronic hep...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Kasahara A,Tanaka H,Okanoue T,Imai Y,Tsubouchi H,Yoshioka K,Kawata S,Tanaka E,Hino K,Hayashi K,Tamura S,Itoh Y,Kiyosawa K,Kakumu S,Okita K,Hayashi N

更新日期：2004-03-01 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：:Several direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) have been approved for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections, opening the door to highly effective interferon-free treatment regimens. Resistance-associated substitutions (RASs) have been reported both in treatment-naïve patients and following treatment wit...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Eltahla AA,Rodrigo C,Betz-Stablein B,Grebely J,Applegate T,Luciani F,Schinkel J,Dore GJ,Page K,Bruneau J,Morris MD,Cox AL,Kim AY,Shoukry NH,Lauer GM,Maher L,Hellard M,Prins M,Lloyd AR,Bull RA,InC3 Study Group.

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication in patients with decompensated cirrhosis and is also an important cause for poor outcome. This study aimed at investigating the clinical characteristics and long-term prognosis of AKI in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACL...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Shi X,Zhu P,Yan G,Liu C,Zhang C,Huang G,Zhang Y,Yan Z,Wang Y

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating microRNAs (miRNA) have been intensely investigated as biomarkers in disease and therapy. Several studies have identified miR-122 as an important regulator of HCV replication. The effect of new therapies that directly target the HCV replication life cycle on circulating microRNA levels has not been elucidat...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Waring JF,Dumas EO,Abel S,Coakley E,Cohen DE,Davis JW,Podsadecki T,Dutta S

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00