abstract：:Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from 45 treatment naïve, HIV-negative, chronically hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients were analyzed for the presence of HCV RNA. Viral RNA was detected in 73% of the studied patients. Single-strand conformation polymorphism assays and sequence analysis of the HCV 5'unt...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Vera-Otarola J,Barría MI,León U,Marsac D,Carvallo P,Soza A,López-Lastra M

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：:Reports have described a decrease in glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) associated with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) use in HIV positive individuals. However, no study has examined renal function over a prolonged period in HIV/hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infected patients. We assessed the long-term durability and...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Tan LK,Gilleece Y,Mandalia S,Murungi A,Grover D,Fisher M,Atkins M,Nelson M

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：:Autoantibodies are commonly detected in chronic hepatitis C (HCV) but their significance remains uncertain. We assessed the prevalence of anti-nuclear (ANA) and anti-smooth muscle (ASM) antibodies within a cohort of 963 treatment-naïve HCV patients. We also assessed for differences between autoantibody-positive and au...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Williams MJ,Lawson A,Neal KR,Ryder SD,Irving WL,Trent HCV Group.

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to analyse data related to hospitalization, comorbidities, average stays and costs associated with the hospitalization cases of hepatitis A in Spain, during the period between 2000 and 2005. A retrospective, descriptive study of the epidemiological characteristics of hepatitis A patient...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Arteaga A,Carrasco-Garrido P,de Andres AL,de Miguel AG,Jiménez-García R

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：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：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：:The incidence of, and risk factors for, acute hepatitis A (AHA) were assessed by using data collected from the Italian surveillance system of acute viral hepatitis (SEIEVA). To this end, a case-control study within a population-based surveillance for acute viral hepatitis was performed. AHA incidence has been estimate...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Tosti ME,Spada E,Romanò L,Zanetti A,Mele A,SEIEVA collaborating group.

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Fas / Fas-ligand (FasL) system is an important death signal pathway in the liver. An enhanced local inflammatory response prompted by FasL expression, which contributes to neutrophil recruitment and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1beta) release, seems to be crucial to chronic liver damage, persistence of viral infections,...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Bortolami M,Kotsafti A,Cardin R,Farinati F

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of the present study were to assess initial virological response (IVR) to adefovir (ADV) treatment for chronic hepatitis B, to identify patients with suboptimal response and to determine the incidence of ADV-resistant mutants. All patients treated with ADV for at least 12 months were evaluated for virological...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Gallego A,Sheldon J,García-Samaniego J,Margall N,Romero M,Hornillos P,Soriano V,Enrĺquez J

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 5 has only been reported in a few countries and treatment response has not been well characterized. Our aim is to present the treatment outcome for HCV genotype 5 patients evaluated at three medical centres in Syria between January 2004 and June 2007. Medical records were reviewed retr...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Antaki N,Hermes A,Hadad M,Ftayeh M,Antaki F,Abdo N,Kebbewar K

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：: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：: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：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and its sequelae remain a major health problem for Taiwan. The national hepatitis B (HB) vaccination programme was first launched in 1984 to combat the spread of this infection. This study examined the status of HBV infection amongst students at a Taiwanese university in 2005, 18 year...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Su FH,Chen JD,Cheng SH,Sung KY,Jeng JJ,Chu FY

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

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：:Despite the recent progress in antiviral therapy of chronic hepatitis B, clinical experience has shown that antiviral drug resistance is inevitable with the administration of nucleoside analog monotherapy. The long-term persistence of the viral genome in infected cells and the high rate of spontaneous mutation is the ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Zoulim F,Buti M,Lok AS

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses (HBV and HCV) cause chronic infections worldwide that are associated with development of liver diseases ranging from mild liver inflammation to hepatocellular carcinomas. While efficient preventive vaccines are available for HBV, efforts are ongoing to develop one in case of HC...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Inchauspé G,Michel ML

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Only in a minority of patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) will treatment with interferon (IFN)-alpha or nucleoside analogues lead to sustained virological response. In vivo immunization (IVI) following virus suppression aims to optimize conditions for an effective immune response: following rapid and profound viru...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Sprengers D,van der Molen RG,Binda R,Kusters JG,de Man RA,Niesters HG,Schalm SW,Janssen HL

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An estimated incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in Mongolia is currently one of the highest in the world. According to previous reports, the sero-prevalence of hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) viruses in general population of the country is very high (HBV, 10% and HCV, 15%, respectively). Moreover, the...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Kurbanov F,Tanaka Y,Elkady A,Oyunsuren T,Mizokami M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteremia has rarely been reported in patients receiving treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We describe the features and investigation of four cases of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia occurring between 3 November 2004 and 10 January 2005 in patients on therapy for chronic HCV infection. The unusual occ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Webster D,Ahmed R,Tandon P,Chui L,McDonald RR,Obarianyk A,Antonishyn N,Doucette K

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection leads to mixed cryoglobulinaemia (MC) and B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL). Aberrant somatic hypermutation and deregulation of the oncogene BCL-6 is associated with lymphomagenesis. Recently, HCV was shown to induce BCL-6 mutations in vitro. The BCL-6 gene (area B) was clon...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Hofmann WP,Fernandez B,Herrmann E,Welsch C,Mihm U,Kronenberger B,Feldmann G,Spengler U,Zeuzem S,Sarrazin C

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the molecular and pharmacokinetic mechanisms of the enhanced antiviral efficacy associated with pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) alpha-2b and ribavirin. The study involved comparing the expression of serial double-stranded RNA-activated protein kinase (PKR) before and during treatment in 26 PEG-I...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Asahina Y,Izumi N,Umeda N,Hosokawa T,Ueda K,Doi F,Tsuchiya K,Nakanishi H,Matsunaga K,Kitamura T,Kurosaki M,Uchihara M,Higaki M,Miyake S

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection induces a wide range of chronic liver injury. The mechanism by which HBV evades the immune surveillance system remains obscure. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) seem to be the major endogenous interferon (IFN)-alpha producers and represent one of the most important cell types in th...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Wang K,Fan X,Fan Y,Wang B,Han L,Hou Y

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：:The aim of this work was to estimate the future disease burden of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in the United States until the year 2030. Two back-calculation models of the HIV and the HCV epidemic were developed. They were based on US epidemiological data regarding prevalen...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Deuffic-Burban S,Poynard T,Sulkowski MS,Wong JB

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) chronically infects about 200 million individuals worldwide and leads to severe liver and lymphatic diseases. HCV circulates in the serum, associated with apoB-containing lipoproteins. Platelet-activating factor (PAF), a pro-inflammatory mediator, is mainly modulated by plasma PAF-acetylhydrola...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Caini P,Guerra CT,Giannini C,Giannelli F,Gragnani L,Petrarca A,Solazzo V,Monti M,Laffi G,Zignego AL

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared sustained virological response (SVR) in chronic hepatitis C patients with severe fibrosis treated with pegylated interferon (Peg-IFN) alpha-2b 1.5 microg/kg/week or 0.75 microg/kg/week in combination with ribavirin 800 mg/day for 48 weeks. This was a multicentre randomized controlled study. SVR was observe...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Abergel A,Hezode C,Leroy V,Barange K,Bronowicki JP,Tran A,Alric L,Castera L,Bernard PH,Henquell C,Lafeuille H,Ughetto S,Darcha C,Chevallier M,Martineau N,Dubost S,Randl K,Dhumeaux D,Bommelaer G,Bonny C,French mult

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candidate blood donors in Ghana are frequent carriers of hepatitis B virus (HBV). A comparative study of 117 donor samples including 46 with alanine aminotransferase (ALT) > or = 60 IU/L and 71 with < or =40 IU/L level was undertaken. S and the basic core promoter-precore regions (BCP/PC) sequencing was used to identi...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Candotti D,Opare-Sem O,Rezvan H,Sarkodie F,Allain JP

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaemia during peginterferon (PEG-IFN) and ribavirin (RBV) therapy is common in human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus (HIV/HCV)-coinfected patients despite the use of lower doses of RBV than are recommended for HIV-seronegative persons. In addition, concurrent zidovudine (ZDV) may exacerbate the anaemia cause...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Alvarez D,Dieterich DT,Brau N,Moorehead L,Ball L,Sulkowski MS

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：: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：: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：:Peginterferon alpha-2a (40 kDa) plus ribavirin is effective at achieving sustained viral response compared with no treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) and persistently normal aminotransferase levels (PNALT). The cost-effectiveness of treating CHC in the setting of PNALT has not been assessed. Disease ...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Hornberger J,Farci P,Prati D,Zeuzem S,Green J,Patel KK

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus has been reported to have an increased prevalence and to be associated with more severe fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C. We evaluated the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in patients with chronic hepatitis B or C as well as the possible association between presence of diabetes and extent...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Papatheodoridis GV,Chrysanthos N,Savvas S,Sevastianos V,Kafiri G,Petraki K,Manesis EK

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment studies, Black patients not only had a lower sustained viral response (SVR) rate to interferon and ribavirin (RBV) than non-Black patients but also a higher frequency of HCV genotype 1 (GT-1) infection. The aim of this community-based study was to determine whether Black p...

journal_title：Journal of viral hepatitis

authors： Bräu N,Bini EJ,Currie S,Shen H,Schmidt WN,King PD,Ho SB,Cheung RC,Hu KQ,Anand BS,Simon FR,Aytaman A,Johnson DP,Awad JA,Ahmad J,Mendenhall CL,Pedrosa MC,Moseley RH,Hagedorn CH,Waters B,Chang KM,Morgan TR,Rossi

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00