Association of HLA-DR14 with the Treatment Response in Japanese Patients with Autoimmune Hepatitis

Background Influence of human lymphocyte antigen (HLA) on the therapeutic response in autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is not known. Aims To evaluate if HLA-DR types influence biological and histological responses to corticosteroids in patients with AIH. Methods During 28 years from 1979 through 2007, 48 patients with definite diagnosis of AIH received long-term corticosteroid therapy (median 9 years [range: 5–28 years]) in a single Japanese center. They were followed for transaminase levels and received liver biopsy before and after the treatment. Results DR4 was detected in 32 and DR14 in 11 patients; seven possessed both DR4 and DR14. DR4 was more frequent in AIH patients than in the general population (67% vs. 22%), while DR14 was comparably frequent between them (23% vs. 17%). Overall, biochemical response was achieved in 43 (90%) of the 48 patients. The sustained biochemical response to a maintenance prednisolone dose < 10 mg was gained more frequently in the patients with than without DR14 (10/11 [91%] vs. 10/37 [27%], P < 0.001). Marked histological improvement with a decrease in histology activity index (HAI) score by > 2 points was achieved in 31 of the 32 (97%) biochemical responders. Histological aggravation with an increase in HAI score occurred in 4 of the 16 (25%) patients without biochemical response (non-responders and relapsers combined), but in none of the 32 responders. Conclusion Long-term immunosuppressive treatment can improve the outcome of Japanese patients with AIH, and DR14 is associated with excellent biochemical response..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2010

Erschienen:

2010

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:55

Enthalten in:

Digestive diseases and sciences - 55(2010), 7 vom: 22. Jan., Seite 2070-2076

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Suzuki, Yoshiyuki [VerfasserIn]
Ikeda, Kenji [VerfasserIn]
Hirakawa, Miharu [VerfasserIn]
Kawamura, Yusuke [VerfasserIn]
Yatsuji, Hiromi [VerfasserIn]
Sezaki, Hitomi [VerfasserIn]
Hosaka, Tetsuya [VerfasserIn]
Akuta, Norio [VerfasserIn]
Kobayashi, Masahiro [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, Fumitaka [VerfasserIn]
Saitoh, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Arase, Yasuji [VerfasserIn]
Kobayashi, Mariko [VerfasserIn]
Miyakawa, Yuzo [VerfasserIn]
Kumada, Hiromitsu [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext [lizenzpflichtig]

Themen:

Autoimmune-HLA-DR-corticosteroids-biopsy
Hepatitis
Needle

Anmerkungen:

© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010

doi:

10.1007/s10620-009-0995-x

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC2027216677