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ArticlePloS one2014

Cannabinoid receptor 2-63 QQ variant is associated with persistently normal aminotransferase serum levels in chronic hepatitis C.

Nicola Coppola, Rosa Zampino, Caterina Sagnelli, Giulia Bellini, Aldo Marrone, Maria Stanzione, Nicolina Capoluongo, Adriana Boemio, Carmine Minichini, Luigi Elio Adinolfi and 4 more

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Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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14 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nicola CoppolaDepartment of Mental Health and Public Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Rosa ZampinoInternal Medicine and Hepatology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Caterina SagnelliDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Giulia BelliniDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Aldo MarroneInternal Medicine and Hepatology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Maria StanzioneDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Nicolina CapoluongoDepartment of Mental Health and Public Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Adriana BoemioInternal Medicine and Hepatology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Carmine MinichiniDepartment of Mental Health and Public Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Luigi Elio AdinolfiInternal Medicine and Hepatology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Sabatino MaioneDepartment of Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Emanuele Miraglia Del GiudiceDepartment of Pediatrics, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Evangelista SagnelliDepartment of Mental Health and Public Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Francesca RossiDepartment of Pediatrics, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimTo evaluate in anti-HCV-positive patients the clinical impact of the rs35761398 variant of the CNR2 gene leading to the substitution of Gln (Q) of codon 63 of the cannabinoid receptor 2 (CB2) with Arg (R). PATIENTS AND

methods253 consecutive anti-HCV-/HCV-RNA-positive patients were enrolled, of whom 53 were HCV carriers with persistently normal ALT (PNALT group) and 200 had a history of steadily abnormal serum ALT values (abnormal ALT group). All patients were naive for antiviral therapy and were screened for the CNR2 rs35761398 polymorphism by a TaqMan assay.

resultsSubjects in the PNALT group, compared with those in the abnormal ALT group were older (58.5±12 vs. 50.7±12.4 years, p = 0.001), more frequently female (66% vs. 42%, p = 0.003), with lower body mass index (BMI) (24.5±3.1 vs. 26.6±4.6, p = 0.003), and more frequently with HCV genotype 2 (43.1% vs 17.7%, p = 0.0002) and CB2-63 QQ variant (34% vs. 11%, p = 0.0001). Considering all 253 patients, no difference in the demographic, biochemical, or virological data was observed between patients in the different CB2-63 variants. The logistic regression analysis identified CB2-63 QQ, HCV genotype 2, older age and lower BMI as independent predictors of PNALT (p<0.00001). DISCUSSION: The CB2-63 QQ variant in HCV patients was independently associated with the PNALT status.

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AgedAlanine TransaminaseFemaleGenetic Association StudiesHepatitis C, ChronicHumansMaleMiddle AgedPolymorphism, Single NucleotideReceptor, Cannabinoid, CB2Alanine TransaminaseCNR2 protein, humanReceptor, Cannabinoid, CB2

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