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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021

A Genome-Wide Association Study on Liver Stiffness Changes during Hepatitis C Virus Infection Cure.

Anaïs Corma-Gómez, Juan Macías, Antonio Rivero, Antonio Rivero-Juarez, Ignacio de Los Santos, Sergio Reus-Bañuls, Luis Morano, Dolores Merino, Rosario Palacios, Carlos Galera and 7 more

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Anaïs Corma-GómezUnidad Clínica de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología, Hospital de Valme, 41014 Sevilla, Spain.
Juan MacíasUnidad Clínica de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología, Hospital de Valme, 41014 Sevilla, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4778-790X
Antonio RiveroUnidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Instituto Maimonides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Universidad de Córdoba, 14004 Córdoba, Spain.
Antonio Rivero-JuarezUnidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Instituto Maimonides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Universidad de Córdoba, 14004 Córdoba, Spain.
Ignacio de Los SantosUnidad de Medicina Interna y Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital de La Princesa, 28006 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7073-5211
Sergio Reus-BañulsUnidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, 03010 Alicante, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3320-9754
Luis MoranoUnidad de Patología Infecciosa, Hospital Universitario Alvaro Cunqueiro, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur (IISGS), 36312 Vigo, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0560-3260
Dolores MerinoUnidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario Juan Ramón Jiménez, 21005 Huelva, Spain.
Rosario PalaciosUnidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología, Hospital Virgen de la Victoria, 29010 Málaga, Spain.
Carlos GaleraUnidad de Medicina Interna, Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, 30120 Murcia, Spain.
Marta Fernández-FuertesUnidad Clínica de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología, Hospital de Valme, 41014 Sevilla, Spain.
Alejandro González-SernaUnidad Clínica de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología, Hospital de Valme, 41014 Sevilla, Spain.
Itziar de RojasFundació ACE-Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC), 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Agustín RuizFundació ACE-Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC), 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
María E SáezCentro Andaluz de Estudios Bioinformáticos (CAEBI, SL), 41013 Sevilla, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9299-2534
Luis M RealUnidad Clínica de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología, Hospital de Valme, 41014 Sevilla, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4932-7429
Juan A PinedaUnidad Clínica de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología, Hospital de Valme, 41014 Sevilla, Spain.

Funding

Consejería de Salud y Familias, Junta de Andalucía PI-0001/2017Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI16/01443Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI19/01312Instituto de Salud Carlos III RD16/0025/0040Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica GEHEP-011
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver stiffness (LS) at sustained virological response (SVR) after direct-acting antivirals (DAA)-based therapy is a predictor of liver events in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients. The study aim was to identify genetic factors associated with LS changes from the moment of starting anti-HCV therapy to SVR. This prospective study included HCV-infected patients from the GEHEP-011 cohort who achieved SVR with DAA-based therapy, with LS pre-treatment ≥ 9.5 kPa and LS measurement available at SVR. Plink and Magma software were used to carry out genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based and gene-based association analyses, respectively. The ShinyGO application was used for exploring enrichment in Gene Ontology (GO) categories for biological processes. Overall, 242 patients were included. Median (quartile 1, quartile 3) LS values at pre-treatment and at SVR were 16.8 (12, 28) kPa and 12.0 (8.5, 19.3) kPa, respectively. Thirty-five SNPs and three genes reached suggestive association with LS changes from the moment of starting anti-HCV therapy to SVR. GO categories related to DNA packaging complex, DNA conformation change, chromosome organization and chromatin organization were significantly enriched. Our study reports possible genetic factors associated with LS changes during HCV-infection cure. In addition, our results suggest that processes related to DNA conformation are also involved in these changes.

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direct-acting antiviralsGWAShepatitis C virus infectionliver stiffnesspolymorphismssustained virological response

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PMID34441435
PMCPMC8394459

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