The molecular basis of hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-negative infections.

abstract：:We conducted an analytical review of 194 full papers on interferon (IFN) therapy for chronic hepatitis C to evaluate current methodology (i.e. study design, criteria for evaluating the efficacy of therapy and predictors of response). Of the papers evaluated, 64 were randomized controlled trials (RCT), 40 were non-rand...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Kondili LA,Taliani G,Tosti ME,De Bac C,Pasquazzi C,Mele A

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study included 309 HIV-infected pregnant women receiving a lamivudine-containing antiretroviral regimen from week 25 of gestational age until 6 months postpartum, during breastfeeding. Twenty-seven of them (8.7%) were hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) positive; at baseline, hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA leve...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Pirillo MF,Scarcella P,Andreotti M,Jere H,Buonomo E,Sagno JB,Amici R,Mancini MG,Leone P,Ceffa S,Mancinelli S,Marazzi MC,Vella S,Palombi L,Giuliano M

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon (IFN)-alpha is a family of antiviral proteins encoded by different genes. The biological significance of the existence of various IFN-alpha subtypes is not clear. We have investigated the interferon system in chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, a disease that responds to interferon-alpha2 therapy in ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Larrea E,Alberdi A,Castelruiz Y,Boya P,Civeira MP,Prieto J

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of chronic hepatitis B has been greatly improved by the use of lamivudine, but mutations occur in the polymerase region of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and lamivudine-resistant mutants frequently develop. The emergence of lamivudine-resistant strains of HBV is a problem for treating chronic hepatitis B using lami...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Natsuizaka M,Hige S,Ono Y,Ogawa K,Nakanishi M,Chuma M,Yoshida S,Asaka M

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：:The triglycerides × glucose (TyG) index is a recently proposed surrogate marker of insulin resistance (IR), calculated from fasting plasma triglyceride and glucose concentrations. We tested the host and viral factors associated with Tyg and homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) scores, comparing their associations with ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Petta S,Di Marco V,Di Stefano R,Cabibi D,Cammà C,Marchesini G,Craxì A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) is associated with a risk of renal dysfunction. We investigated whether TDF is associated with the deterioration of renal function in patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) requiring frequent computed tomography (CT) evaluations and t...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Jeon MY,Lee JS,Lee HW,Kim BK,Park JY,Kim DY,Han KH,Ahn SH,Kim SU

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testing and linkage to care are important determinants of hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment effectiveness. Public health clinics serve populations at high risk of HCV. We investigated their potential to serve as sites for HCV testing, initiation of and linkage to HCV care. Cross-sectional study of patients accessing s...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Falade-Nwulia O,Mehta SH,Lasola J,Latkin C,Niculescu A,O'Connor C,Chaulk P,Ghanem K,Page KR,Sulkowski MS,Thomas DL

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of perinatal transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) from a cohort of 95 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative intravenous drug users (IVDU) is described, 89 of whom were positive for antibodies to HCV (anti-HCV). Infection, defined as the presence of HCV RNA in a serum sample collected from an infant a...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Spencer JD,Latt N,Beeby PJ,Collins E,Saunders JB,McCaughan GW,Cossart YE

更新日期：1997-01-01 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：:Through molecular virological testing it is now clear that HCV reinfection of the allograft is virtually universal in liver transplant recipients. Although histopathological recurrence of hepatitis C occurs in the majority of patients, it is absent in a substantial minority. To date, no prognostic factors, other than ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Vierling JM,Villamil FG,Rojter SE,Camacho KB,Goldman DE

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injecting behaviour in people who inject drugs is the main risk factor for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Psychosocial factors such as having a partner who injects drugs and living with other drug users have been associated with increases in injecting risk behaviour. This study aimed to investigate changes in inje...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Malaguti A,Sani F,Stephens BP,Ahmad F,Dugard P,Dillon JF,ERADICATE-C Study Group.

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:CD4+ T cells are thought to contribute to antiviral immune responses by secretion of cytokines thereby providing help to CD8+ T and B cells. However, perforin-positive cytotoxic CD4+ T cells have been described in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients suggesting a role not only of CD8+ but also of CD4+ T cell...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Aslan N,Yurdaydin C,Wiegand J,Greten T,Ciner A,Meyer MF,Heiken H,Kuhlmann B,Kaiser T,Bozkaya H,Tillmann HL,Bozdayi AM,Manns MP,Wedemeyer H

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Egypt is the country with the largest hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemic in the world. In 2008, a Demographic Health Survey (DHS) was carried out in Egypt, providing for the first time a unique opportunity for HCV antibody testing on a nationwide representative sample of individuals. Consenting individuals answered a qu...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Guerra J,Garenne M,Mohamed MK,Fontanet A

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：:Favourable efficacy and safety profiles for simeprevir in combination with pegylated interferon alpha (PEG-IFNα) and ribavirin (triple therapy) have been shown in clinical trials. This study was carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of simeprevir-based triple therapy for patients with prior telaprevir treatment fa...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Ogawa E,Furusyo N,Dohmen K,Kajiwara E,Kawano A,Nomura H,Takahashi K,Satoh T,Azuma K,Nakamuta M,Koyanagi T,Kotoh K,Shimoda S,Hayashi J,Kyushu University Liver Disease Study (KULDS) Group.

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unknown whether dynamic changes of liver stiffness measurement (LSM) can predict the reversibility of fibrosis. Therefore, we evaluated the utility of LSM changes in predicting histological changes of fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) on antiviral therapy. In a prospective cohort of CHB patient...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Kong Y,Sun Y,Zhou J,Wu X,Chen Y,Piao H,Lu L,Ding H,Nan Y,Jiang W,Xu Y,Xie W,Li H,Feng B,Shi G,Chen G,Li H,Zheng H,Cheng J,Wang T,Liu H,Lv F,Shao C,Mao Y,Sun J,Chen T,Han T,Han Y,Wang L,Ou X,Zha

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUMMARY:Noninvasive markers that accurately follow changes in fibrosis may provide alternatives to liver biopsy for assessment of histological endpoints of antiviral therapy in chronic hepatitis C (CHC). This study compared two commercially available serum marker panels (HCV FibroSURE and FIBROSpect II) during interfer...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Patel K,Benhamou Y,Yoshida EM,Kaita KD,Zeuzem S,Torbenson M,Pulkstenis E,Subramanian GM,McHutchison JG

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few extant studies on the prevalence of HBV infection in couples preparing for pregnancy. We assessed the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) in couples preparing for pregnancy in rural China, and the association between HBV prevalence and the statuses of HBsAg...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Liu J,Zhang S,Wang Q,Shen H,Zhang M,Zhang Y,Yan D,Liu M

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of monotherapy with interferon (IFN) (conventional or pegylated IFN) in dialysis patients with chronic hepatitis C remains unclear, although a number of clinical trials have been published addressing this issue. The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of monotherapy by conventional or...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Fabrizi F,Dixit V,Messa P,Martin P

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the interleukin 28B gene (IL28B) are good pretreatment predictors of anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapy with interferon. SNPs of the inosine triphosphatase (ITPA) gene are associated with reduced haemoglobin levels during treatment with ribavirin. The i-densy™ (Arkray, Inc.)...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Takahashi H,Mizuta T,Oeda S,Isoda H,Nakashita S,Kawaguchi Y,Izumi N,Hirai M,Kurose K,Iwane S,Eguchi Y,Kimura S,Anzai K,Ozaki I

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The establishment of an in vitro system for hepatitis C virus (HCV) propagation is essential to characterize virus replication, virus persistence and viral pathogenicity. The aim was to establish HCV replication in HepG2 cells by gene transfer of infectious HCV cDNA. First, several gene transfer methods were evaluated...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Hiramatsu N,Dash S,Gerber MA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined serial changes in the hypervariable region 1(HVR1) quasispecies both in immune and nonimmune complexed hepatitis C virus (HCV) particles from 12 patients with chronic hepatitis C to elucidate the mechanism by which genetic diversification of HCV during the course of infection allows escape of virus from th...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Korenaga M,Hino K,Katoh Y,Yamaguchi Y,Okuda M,Yoshioka K,Okita K

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hepatitis C infection leads to increased hepatocyte apoptosis. Because engulfment of apoptotic bodies (ABs) by hepatic stellate cells (HSC) is profibrogenic, we compared the effects of ABs derived from hepatitis C virus (HCV)-negative vs HCV-infected (Con1+) Huh7 hepatoblastoma cells on fibrogenic and activati...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Gieseler RK,Marquitan G,Schlattjan M,Sowa JP,Bechmann LP,Timm J,Roggendorf M,Gerken G,Friedman SL,Canbay A

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Very little is known about the interactions between hepatitis C virus (HCV) and methamphetamine, which is a highly abused psychostimulant and a known risk factor for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/HCV infection. This study examined whether methamphetamine has the ability to inhibit innate immunity in the host cell...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Ye L,Peng JS,Wang X,Wang YJ,Luo GX,Ho WZ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endoglin, a transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1 co-receptor, has been associated with renal and cutaneous fibrosis, as overexpression of this protein has been observed in biopsies from patients with glomerulosclerosis and scleroderma, respectively. Our aim was to evaluate whether endoglin may be associated with hep...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Clemente M,Núñez O,Lorente R,Rincón D,Matilla A,Salcedo M,Catalina MV,Ripoll C,Iacono OL,Bañares R,Clemente G,García-Monzón C

更新日期：2006-09-01 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 delta virus (HDV) is a serious cause of liver-related morbidity and mortality. Coexistent infection with HDV tends to aggravate the course of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-associated liver disease. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of HDV infection among patients chronically infected with HBV i...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Bahcecioglu IH,Aygun C,Gozel N,Poyrazoglu OK,Bulut Y,Yalniz M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In chronic hepatitis C, transient elastography (TE) accurately identifies cirrhosis, but its ability to assess significant fibrosis (Metavir > or = F2) is variable. Constitutional and liver disease-related factors may influence TE and here we examined the variables associated with differences. Three hundred consecutiv...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Calvaruso V,Cammà C,Di Marco V,Maimone S,Bronte F,Enea M,Dardanoni V,Manousou P,Pleguezuelo M,Xirouchakis E,Attanasio M,Dusheiko G,Burroughs AK,Craxì A

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00