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ArticleClinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2015

Hepatic peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ and α-mRNA expression in HCV-infected adults is decreased by HIV co-infection and is also affected by ethnicity.

Nathan J Shores, Maria Cássia Mendes-Corrêa, Ivana Maida, JoLyn Turner, Kevin P High, Sergio Babudieri, Marina Núãez

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Article in Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nathan J ShoresMedical Center Boulevard, Section on Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC, United States.
Maria Cássia Mendes-CorrêaUnidade de Referência em Doenças Infecciosas, Faculdade de Medicina do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil.
Ivana MaidaIstituto Malattie Infettive e Parassitarie, Universitè degli Studi Sassari, Sassari/SS, Italy.
JoLyn TurnerMedical Center Boulevard, Section on Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC, United States.
Kevin P HighMedical Center Boulevard, Section on Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC, United States.
Sergio BabudieriIstituto Malattie Infettive e Parassitarie, Universitè degli Studi Sassari, Sassari/SS, Italy.
Marina NúãezMedical Center Boulevard, Section on Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston Salem, NC, United States.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo determine peroxisome proliferator activated receptor α and γ mRNA expression in liver tissue of hepatitis C virus-infected patients with and without human immunodeficiency virus and its possible contribution to an acceleration of liver disease progression.

methodsWe measured peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α and γ mRNA expression by real-time polymerase chain reaction in liver tissues from 40 subjects infected only with hepatitis C virus, 36 subjects co-infected with hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus and 11 normal adults.

resultsHepatic mRNA expression of both peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors was significantly lower in hepatitis C virus-infected subjects with and without human immunodeficiency virus co-infection compared to the controls. Non-black race was also identified as a predictor of lower peroxisome receptor α and γ mRNA expression. Compared to subjects infected only with hepatitis C virus, liver peroxisome receptor γ mRNA expression was significantly lower in hepatitis C virus/human immunodeficiency virus-co-infected subjects (0.0092 in hepatitis C virus/human immunodeficiency virus-co-infection vs. 0.0120 in hepatitis C virus-only; p=0.004). Hepatic peroxisome receptor α mRNA expression in the hepatitis C virus-infected patients was lower in the presence of human immunodeficiency virus co-infection in non-black subjects (0.0769 vs. 0.1061; p=0.02), whereas the levels did not vary based on human immunodeficiency virus status among black subjects.

conclusionmRNA expression of both peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors is impaired in hepatitis C virus-infected liver and further reduced by human immunodeficiency virus co-infection, although the suppressive effects of the viruses are substantially mitigated in black patients.

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AdultAgedAnalysis of VarianceBiopsyCoinfectionCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHepatitis C, ChronicHIV InfectionsHumansLinear ModelsLiverLiver CirrhosisMaleMiddle AgedPPAR alphaPPAR alphaPPAR gammaRNA, Messenger

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PMID26735218
PMCPMC4676314
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