Human immunodeficiency virus coinfection differentially impacts hepatitis B virus viral markers based on hepatitis Be antigen status in patients with suppressed viremia

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Hepatitis B virus (HBV) RNA and hepatitis B core-related antigen (HBcrAg), reflecting transcriptional activity of covalently closed circular DNA, are gaining traction as important markers to assess viral activity. Whether their expression differs under viral suppression by HIV co-infection status is unknown. Among adults with chronic HBV on antiviral therapy, we sought to determine if the expression of HBV markers (specialized and well-established) differs between HBV-HIV co-infection vs. HBV mono-infection. We compared HBV marker levels among 105 participants in the Hepatitis B Research Network (HBRN) HBV-HIV Ancillary Study and 105 participants in the HBRN mono-infected Cohort Study, matched for HBeAg status and HBV DNA suppression on therapy. Among HBeAg+ participants (N = 58 per group), after adjusting for age, sex, race, ALT and HBV DNA, viral markers were higher (p < .05) in the HBV-HIV versus the HBV-only sample (HBeAg: 1.05 vs. 0.51 log10 IU/mL; HBsAg: 3.85 vs. 3.17 log10 IU/mL; HBV RNA: 5.60 vs. 3.70 log10 U/mL; HBcrAg: 6.59 vs. 5.51 log10 U/mL). Conversely, among HBeAg(-) participants (N = 47 per group), HBsAg (2.00 vs. 3.04 log10 IU/mL) and HBV RNA (1.87 vs. 2.66 log10 U/mL) were lower (p < .05) in HBV-HIV vs. HBV-only; HBcrAg levels were similar (4.14 vs. 3.64 log10 U/mL; p = .27). Among adults with chronic HBV with suppressed viremia on antiviral therapy, viral markers tracked with HIV co-infection status and associations differed inversely by HBeAg status. The greater sensitivity and specificity of HBV RNA compared to HBcrAg allows for better discrimination of transcriptional activity regardless of HBeAg status.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Journal of viral hepatitis - 30(2023), 8 vom: 26. Aug., Seite 700-709

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lisker-Melman, Mauricio [VerfasserIn]
King, Wendy C [VerfasserIn]
Ghany, Marc G [VerfasserIn]
Chung, Raymond T [VerfasserIn]
Hinerman, Amanda S [VerfasserIn]
Cloherty, Gavin A [VerfasserIn]
Khalili, Mandana [VerfasserIn]
Jain, Mamta K [VerfasserIn]
Sulkowski, Mark [VerfasserIn]
Sterling, Richard K [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

63231-63-0
Antiviral Agents
Biomarkers
DNA, Viral
HBV
HBV RNA
HBcrAg
HIV
Hepatitis B Core Antigens
Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
Hepatitis B e Antigens
Journal Article
RNA
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Serum biomarkers

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Date Completed 29.09.2023

Date Revised 10.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01263587, NCT01924455

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/jvh.13857

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357802438