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ArticlePloS one2016

Natural Polymorphisms Conferring Resistance to HCV Protease and Polymerase Inhibitors in Treatment-Naïve HIV/HCV Co-Infected Patients in China.

Kali Zhou, Zhiwei Liang, Charles Wang, Fengyu Hu, Chuanyi Ning, Yun Lan, Xiaoping Tang, Joseph D Tucker, Weiping Cai

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Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Kali ZhouGuangzhou Eighth People's Hospital, 627 Dongfeng Dong Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, China.
Zhiwei LiangGuangzhou Eighth People's Hospital, 627 Dongfeng Dong Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, China.
Charles WangUNC-Project - China, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine, 130 Mason Farm Rd., 2nd Floor, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-3368, United States of America.
Fengyu HuGuangzhou Eighth People's Hospital, 627 Dongfeng Dong Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, China.
Chuanyi NingGuangzhou Eighth People's Hospital, 627 Dongfeng Dong Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, China.
Yun LanGuangzhou Eighth People's Hospital, 627 Dongfeng Dong Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, China.
Xiaoping TangGuangzhou Eighth People's Hospital, 627 Dongfeng Dong Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, China.
Joseph D TuckerGuangzhou Eighth People's Hospital, 627 Dongfeng Dong Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, China.
Weiping CaiGuangzhou Eighth People's Hospital, 627 Dongfeng Dong Road, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510060, China.
Guangzhou Eighth People's Hospital · CNUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · US

Funding

Virology, Immunology, and Microbiology CoreP30AI050410 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DAVID M. MARGOLIS · 2001 to 2026
$76.9M
NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI050410
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe advent of direct-acting agents (DAAs) has improved treatment of HCV in HIV co-infection, but may be limited by primary drug resistance. This study reports the prevalence of natural polymorphisms conferring resistance to NS3/4A protease inhibitors and NS5B polymerase inhibitors in treatment-naïve HIV/HCV co-infected individuals in China.

methodsPopulation based NS3/4A sequencing was completed for 778 treatment-naïve HIV/HCV co-infected patients from twelve provinces. NS3 sequences were amplified by nested PCR using in-house primers for genotypes 1-6. NS5B sequencing was completed for genotyping in 350 sequences. Resistance-associated variants (RAVs) were identified in positions associated with HCV resistance.

resultsOverall, 72.8% (566/778) of all HCV sequences had at least one RAV associated with HCV NS3/4A protease inhibitor resistance. Variants were found in 3.6% (7/193) of genotype 1, 100% (23/23) of genotype 2, 100% (237/237) of genotype 3 and 92% (299/325) of genotype 6 sequences. The Q80K variant was present in 98.4% of genotype 6a sequences. High-level RAVs were rare, occurring in only 0.8% of patients. 93% (64/69) patients with genotype 1b also carried the C316N variant associated with NS5B low-level resistance.

conclusionsThe low frequency of high-level RAVs associated with primary HCV DAA resistance among all genotypes in HIV/HCV co-infected patients is encouraging. Further phenotypic studies and clinical research are needed.

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CoinfectionDrug Resistance, ViralHIV InfectionsPolymorphism, GeneticAdultAgedAllelesAntiviral AgentsChinaDEAD-box RNA HelicasesFemaleGenotypeHepacivirusHepatitis CHumansMaleAntiviral AgentsDEAD-box RNA HelicasesNS3 protein, hepatitis C virusNS4 protein, hepatitis C virusNS-5 protein, hepatitis C virusNucleoside-TriphosphataseProtease InhibitorsRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseSerine EndopeptidasesViral Nonstructural ProteinsViral Proteases

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PMID27341031
PMCPMC4920402
OpenAlexW2468707518

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