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Observational studyMedicine2016

Up-regulation of Plasma Hexosylceramide (d18: 1/18: 1) Contributes to Genotype 2 Virus Replication in Chronic Hepatitis C: A 20-Year Cohort Study.

Jin-Yan Zhang, Feng Qu, Jun-Feng Li, Mei Liu, Feng Ren, Jing-Yun Zhang, Dan-Dan Bian, Yu Chen, Zhong-Ping Duan, Jin-Lan Zhang and 1 more

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Observational study in Medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Jin-Yan ZhangFrom the Artificial Liver Center, Beijing YouAn Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (J-YZ, ML, FR, J-YZ, D-DB, YC, Z-PD, S-JZ); State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medica Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (FQ, J-LZ); and Institute of Infectious Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases, the First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China (J-FL).
Feng Qu
Jun-Feng Li
Mei Liu
Feng Ren
Jing-Yun Zhang
Dan-Dan Bian
Yu Chen
Zhong-Ping Duan
Jin-Lan Zhang
Su-Jun Zheng
Fluor (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between plasma sphingolipids and hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients.A cohort of 120 treatment-naïve CHC patients was included. Liver biopsies and the Scheuer scoring system were used to assess hepatic inflammatory activity. Blood biochemical indicators, HCV-RNA load, and immunological markers were also measured. Forty-four plasma sphingolipids were identified and quantified using high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.The hexosylceramide (HexCer) (d18:1/18:1) level was significantly different between patients with a low HCV load (<10 IU/mL) and a high HCV load (≥10 IU/mL), and it was positively correlated with the HCV-RNA load (r = 0.337, P = 0.001) in CHC patients. Additionally, the plasma HexCer (d18:1/18:1) level (odds ratio 1.302, 95% confidence interval 1.129-1.502) was an independent factor for a high HCV-RNA load. For patients with hepatic inflammation grade ≤2 or HCV genotype 2, HexCer (d18:1/18:1) was independently related to a high HCV-RNA load.Plasma HexCer (d18:1/18:1) might be involved in the high viral replication level in chronic HCV infection, especially for CHC patients with genotype 2.

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ForecastingUp-RegulationViral LoadVirus ReplicationBiomarkersFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGenotypeHepacivirusHepatitis C, ChronicHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesRNA, ViralSphingomyelinsBiomarkersRNA, ViralSphingomyelins

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PMID27281078
PMCPMC4907656
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