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Gastroenterology & Hepatology |
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Case Control Study |
Article Title |
Interferon-3 polymorphisms in pegylated-interferon- plus ribavirin therapy for genotype-2 chronic hepatitis C
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All Author List |
Haruya Ishiguro, Hiroshi Abe, Nobuyoshi Seki, Tomonori Sugita, Yuta Aida, Munenori Itagaki, Satoshi Sutoh, Noritomo Shimada, Tomomi Furihata, Akihito Tsubota and Yoshio Aizawa |
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Corresponding Author |
Haruya Ishiguro, MD, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine Katsushika Medical Center, 6-41-2 Aoto, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 125-8506, Japan. haruya713@yahoo.co.jp |
Key Words |
Hepatitis C virus genotype 2; Interferon-3 single nucleotide polymorphism; Pegylated-interferon plus ribavirin response-guided therapy; Rapid virologic response; Sustained virologic response |
Core Tip |
Interferon-?3 (IFNL3) single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), such as rs8099917 and rs12979860, affect the virologic responses of chronically hepatitis C virus genotype 1-infected patients to response-guided pegylated interferon-? plus ribavirin therapy. However, the significance of these SNPs in therapy for hepatitis C virus genotype 2 (G2)-infected patients is unclear. We show that rs8099917 significantly influences sustained virologic response (SVR) achievement only in patients who do not attain rapid virologic response. Therefore, IFNL3 SNP genotyping is valuable for predicting SVR only in non-rapid virologic response patients, irrespective of the G2 subtype, even when therapy is extended up to 48 wk. |
Publish Date |
2015-04-07 17:13 |
Citation |
Ishiguro H, Abe H, Seki N, Sugita T, Aida Y, Itagaki M, Sutoh S, Shimada N, Furihata T, Tsubota A, Aizawa Y. Interferon-3 polymorphisms in pegylated-interferon- plus ribavirin therapy for genotype-2 chronic hepatitis C. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21(13): 3904-3911 |
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http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v21/i13/3904.htm |
DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v21.i13.3904 |