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ArticleEuroasian journal of hepato-gastroenterology

Hemochromatosis Gene Polymorphism as a Predictor of Sustained Virological Response to Antiviral Treatment in Egyptian Chronic Hepatitis C Patients.

Mai I Mehrez, Dina Sa Fattah, Naglaa Aa Azeem, Mohamed A Saleh, Khadiga M Mostafa

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Article in Euroasian journal of hepato-gastroenterology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mai I MehrezDepartment of Hepatology, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Institute, Cairo, Egypt.
Dina Sa FattahDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Naglaa Aa AzeemDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Beni Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt.
Mohamed A SalehDepartment of Hepatology, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Institute, Cairo, Egypt.
Khadiga M MostafaDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Beni Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt.
Beni-Suef University · EGCairo University · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimThe aim of this article is to assess HFE C282Y gene mutations as a predictor of sustained virological response (SVR) to anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment in Egyptian patients. MATERIALS AND

methodsOne hundred and forty chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients were divided into two groups: 70 patients achieved SVR and 70 patients were nonresponders (NRs). All patients were subjected to quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) at baseline, 12 and 24 weeks after therapy commencement. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing for HFE (C282Y) was done by restriction fragment length polymorphism PCR.

resultsSixty five patients did not have mutation and 5 patients had C282Y mutation (GA) with SVR. While 45 NRs had heterozygous C282Y mutation (GA), 4 patients (5.7%) had homozygous mutation (AA) and 21 patients (30%) had no mutation (GG). The parameters of elevated iron [transferrin saturation (TS; p < 0.001), S iron (p < 0.02), total iron binding capacity (TIBC; p < 0.001), transferrin (p < 0.016), and soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR; p-value, 0.001)] were significantly associated with C282Y mutation. However, there was no significant difference regarding ferritin values and C282Y mutation in NR patients.

conclusionIron overload was frequently detected in CHC patients and associated with C282Y mutation, while biochemical markers of iron overload and C282Y HFE mutation were negative prognostic factor.

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Antiviral treatmentHemochromatosis gene polymorphismPolymerase chain reaction.

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PMID29201799
PMCPMC5670260
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