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Provedor de dados: | 17
País: | United Kingdom
Título: | Distinct cytokine patterns in Occult Hepatitis C and Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Autores: | Nasser Mousa; Nashwa Abousamra; Azza Azza Abdel-Aziz; Yahia Gad; Mona Elhadidy; Mohamed Abd-elmaksoud.
Data: | 2011-11-29
Ano: | 2011
Palavras-chave: | Immunology.
Resumo: | Background &amp;#x26; Aim: &amp;#xd;&amp;#xa;The immunopathogenesis of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a matter of great controversy. The imbalance of T-helper lymphocyte cell cytokine production was believed to play an important pathogenic role in chronic viral hepatitis. Occult hepatitis C infection is regarded as a new entity that should be considered when diagnosing patients with a liver disease of unknown origin. The aim of this study was to determine serum T-helper 1 and T-helper 2 cytokine production in patients with occult HCV infection and its role in pathogenesis versus chronic viral hepatitis C infection.&amp;#xd;&amp;#xa;&amp;#xd;&amp;#xa;Methods: &amp;#xd;&amp;#xa;Serum levels of cytokines of T-helper 1 (IL-2, IFN-[gamma]) and T-helper 2 (IL-4) were measured in 27 patients with occult HCV infection and 50 patients with chronic hepatitis C infection.&amp;#xd;&amp;#xa;&amp;#xd;&amp;#xa;Results: &amp;#xd;&amp;#xa;The levels of the T-helper 1 cytokines, IL-2 and IFN-[gamma], were highly and significantly increased in patients with chronic HCV infection as compared with occult HCV infection (p&amp;#x3c;0.001). The T-helper 2 cytokine IL-4 was highly and significantly increased in occult HCV infection as compared with chronic HCV infection (p&amp;#x3c;0.001). Necroinflammation (P&amp;#x3c;0.001) fibrosis (P&amp;#x3c;0.001) and cirrhosis (P =0.03) were significantly increased in chronic HCV than occult HCV. &amp;#xd;&amp;#xa;&amp;#xd;&amp;#xa;Conclusion: &amp;#xd;&amp;#xa;Patients with occult HCV infection exhibited  distinct immunoregulatory cytokine patterns, favoring viral persistence in the liver in spite of its absence from peripheral blood and explaining the less aggressive course of this disease entity than chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
Tipo: | Manuscript

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http://precedings.nature.com/documents/6654/version/1

oai:nature.com:10101/npre.2011.6654.1

http://hdl.handle.net/10101/npre.2011.6654.1

Fonte: | Nature Precedings
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