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ArticleScientific reports2017

Favorable Response to Long-term Nucleos(t)ide Analogue Therapy in HBeAg-positive Patients with High Serum Fucosyl-Agalactosyl IgG.

Cheng-Hsun Ho, Hung-Wen Tsai, Chen-Yeh Lee, Li-Juan Huang, Rong-Nan Chien, I-Chin Wu, Yen-Cheng Chiu, Wen-Chun Liu, Pin-Nan Cheng, Ting-Tsung Chang and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. 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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11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Cheng-Hsun HoDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Hung-Wen TsaiDepartment of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Chen-Yeh LeeDepartment of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Li-Juan HuangDepartment of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Rong-Nan ChienLiver Research Unit, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Keelung, Taiwan.
I-Chin WuDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Yen-Cheng ChiuDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Wen-Chun LiuDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Pin-Nan ChengDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Ting-Tsung ChangDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
Shu-Hui ChenDepartment of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. shchen@mail.ncku.edu.tw.
National Cheng Kung University · TWNational Cheng Kung University Hospital · TWChang Gung Memorial Hospital · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aberrant IgG glycosylation is a feature of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection but its effect on a long-term efficacy of antiviral therapy has never been addressed. After a screening of 1,085 patients, 132 eligible HBV e antigen (HBeAg)-positive and 101 HBeAg-negative patients with anti-HBV nucleos(t)ide analogue monotherapy were enrolled with on-treatment follow-ups for at least one year. IgG1 N-glycome was profiled using mass spectrometry and evaluated for its relevance in treatment responses. The results indicated that a high level of serum fucosyl-agalactosyl IgG1 (IgG1-G0F) at baseline was associated with the severity of liver inflammation and damage but advanced treatment responses, including HBV DNA loss, HBeAg seroconversion, a reduced drug resistance rate, and a liver histological improvement at year 1, thereby improving the long-term treatment efficacy and the probability of treatment discontinuation in HBeAg-positive patients. Stepwise Cox regression analyses revealed that baseline IgG1-G0F >30% was an independent factor that links to virological response (HR 3.071, 95% CI 1.835-5.141, P < 0.001) or HBeAg seroconversion (HR 2.034, 95% CI 1.011-4.093, P = 0.046). Furthermore, a high IgG1-G0F level at the treatment endpoint was associated with an off-treatment sustained virological response. In conclusion, IgG1-G0F favors the medication outcome for HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B.

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Hepatitis B virusAntiviral AgentsBiomarkersDrug Resistance, ViralFemaleGlycoproteinsHepatitis B, ChronicHepatitis B e AntigensHumansImmunoglobulin GMaleNucleosidesProportional Hazards ModelsROC CurveTreatment Outcomeagalactosyl IGGAntiviral AgentsBiomarkersGlycoproteinsglycosylated IgGHepatitis B e AntigensImmunoglobulin GNucleosides

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