The interleukin 28B rs12979860 C/T polymorphism and serum cholesterol as predictors of fibrosis progression in patients with chronic hepatitis C and persistently normal transaminases

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The interleukin 28B (IL-28B) rs12979860 C/T polymorphism is a predictor of spontaneous and treatment-induced hepatitis C virus (HCV) clearance. The C/C genotype is associated with higher serum cholesterol, predictor of a favorable outcome in chronic hepatitis C. Whether IL-28B polymorphism and serum cholesterol play a role in modulating the history of mild hepatitis C is unknown. To clarify this issue, 93 untreated patients infected with HCV with normal or near-normal transaminases and an initial Ishak staging score ≤1 were investigated retrospectively in the longitudinal study (median histological follow-up of 10 years). An additional confirmatory cohort of 143 patients with chronic HCV infection and abnormal levels of transaminases was evaluated in the cross-sectional study. In the longitudinal study, at the end of follow-up, Ishak staging scores progressed more frequently among carriers of a T/* allele who had a baseline serum cholesterol ≤175 mg/dl than in remaining patients: 6/36 (change ≤0), 15/45 (change 1-2), 6/12 (change ≥3), improvement chi-square P < 0.02, OR 3.1, 95% C.I. 1.3-7.7. In the cross-sectional study, the frequency of patients carrying the T/T genotype or serum cholesterol values ≤175 mg/dl increased starting from those with a staging score ≤2 (36/76, 47.4%), to those with a staging score of 3-4 (26/41, 63.4%) and to those with a staging score of 5-6 (20/26, 76.9%, P < 0.01 for linear trend). In conclusion, the interaction between IL-28B rs12979860 T/T genotype and low serum cholesterol concentration is an independent predictor of a worse disease course among patients infected with HCV with normal or near-normal transaminases.

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2012

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2012

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:84

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Journal of medical virology - 84(2012), 5 vom: 20. Mai, Seite 747-55

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fabris, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Falleti, Edmondo [VerfasserIn]
Cussigh, Annarosa [VerfasserIn]
Bitetto, Davide [VerfasserIn]
Fontanini, Elisabetta [VerfasserIn]
Colletta, Cosimo [VerfasserIn]
Vandelli, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Cmet, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Ceriani, Elisa [VerfasserIn]
Smirne, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Toniutto, Pierluigi [VerfasserIn]
Pirisi, Mario [VerfasserIn]

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9008-11-1
97C5T2UQ7J
Cholesterol
EC 2.6.1.-
Interferon-lambda, human
Interferons
Interleukins
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Transaminases

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Date Completed 11.07.2012

Date Revised 13.12.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/jmv.23259

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NLM216328675