HCV treatment outcome depends on SNPs of IFNL3-Gene polymorphisms (rs12979860) and cirrhotic changes in liver parenchyma

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The allelic discrimination of IFNL3-(rs12979860 C > T) polymorphism reveals ambiguous associations with the effectiveness of oral HCV treatment. Solitary intra peripheral-blood-mononuclear-cells (PBMCs) HCV-RNA antisense-strands are independently detected in naïve and experienced cases regardless of viremia or hepatic-parenchymal alterations. We examined the frequencies of IFNL3-genetic variants with chronic-HCV-induced liver changes during the sustained virologic response (SVR) by evaluating the PBMCs- HCV-PCR after oral antiviral therapy. Methods: Twelve weeks after finishing oral antiviral therapy, the effects of IFNL3-genetic variants were evaluated in three groups of patients: Group-I (n = 25) showed HCV-RNA negativity in both serum and PBMCs-, group II (n = 52) showed positivity of HCV-RNA in PBMCs, and group-III (n = 25) had positive HCV-RNA in serum. The genetic variants of the IFNL3-gene were estimated for all the enrolled cases and correlated with their hepatic image changes. Results: IFNL3-(rs12979860) genotyping in post-direct acting antivirals (DAAs) SVR and HCV-relapse revealed: a) high frequency of CC-genotype and C-allele in group I compared to group II (P < 0.005) and group III(P ≤ 0.05) when hepatic-parenchyma looks normal by ultrasound b) frequent CT-genotype and T-allele in group II compared with I(P < 0.01) and III(P < 0.05) when liver tissues are bright (early cirrhotic-changes) c) frequent TT-genotype and T-allele in group III relative to I (P < 0.05) and II (P ≤ 0.08) when liver-tissues appear coarse by ultrasound. Conclusion: Outcomes of HCV treatment depend on host IFNL3-gene polymorphism and hepatic-parenchymal changes. A high frequency of wild-CC-genotype and C-allele is observed in patients with normal hepatic parenchyma and that achieved SVR. Solitary relapse in PBMCs occurs on increasing CT-genotype frequency when liver tissues are bright. Serologic relapse is detected when TT-genotype and T-allele are dominant in association with the cirrhotic liver. Therefore, IFNL3-gene-SNP analysis as a genetic predictor in relation to ultra-sonographic hepatic-parenchymal changes could be valuable for selecting the patients with the highest priority for treatment.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

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Heliyon - 9(2023), 11 vom: 27. Nov., Seite e21194

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Abd Alla, Mohamed Darwish Ahmed [VerfasserIn]
Dawood, Reham M [VerfasserIn]
Rashed, Hassan Abd El-Hafeth [VerfasserIn]
El-Dessouky, Yasser Mohammed [VerfasserIn]
AbuFarrag, Galal AbdElhameed [VerfasserIn]
Ammar, Islam Abdelmawla Emran [VerfasserIn]
Mahmoud, Mohamed Mahmoud Abdel-Halim [VerfasserIn]
Salum, Ghada M [VerfasserIn]
Abu-Amer, Mohamed Zakaria [VerfasserIn]
Sekeen, Mohamed Abd Elrafaa Hassan [VerfasserIn]
Heggazy, Mohamed Mousa Ibraheem [VerfasserIn]
Altanbouly, Ahmed Mohamed Abdulhamid [VerfasserIn]
Abd El-Meguid, Mai [VerfasserIn]
El Awady, Mostafa K [VerfasserIn]

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DAAs
HCV-Hepatic-changes
IFNL3-Gene-SNPs
Journal Article
PBMCs-PCR

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Date Revised 07.11.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21194

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NLM364198907