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ReviewViruses2021

The Role of RASs /RVs in the Current Management of HCV.

Konstantinos Malandris, Georgios Kalopitas, Eleni Theocharidou, Georgios Germanidis

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Review in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Konstantinos MalandrisSecond Department of Internal Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Georgios KalopitasFirst Department of Internal Medicine, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Eleni TheocharidouSecond Department of Internal Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54642 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Georgios GermanidisFirst Department of Internal Medicine, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,54636 Thessaloniki, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-7985-3118
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The approval of combination therapies with direct-acting antiviral (DAA) regimens has led to significant progress in the field of hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment. Although most patients treated with these agents achieve a virological cure, resistance to DAAs is a major issue. The rapid emergence of resistance-associated substitutions (RASs), in particular in the context of incomplete drug pressure, has an impact on sustained virological response (SVR) rates. Several RASs in NS3, NS5A and NS5B have been linked with reduced susceptibility to DAAs. RAS vary based on HCV characteristics and the different drug classes. DAA-resistant HCV variant haplotypes (RVs) are dominant in cases of virological failure. Viruses with resistance to NS3-4A protease inhibitors are only detected in the peripheral blood in a time frame ranging from weeks to months following completion of treatment, whereas NS5A inhibitor-resistant viruses may persist for years. Novel agents have been developed that demonstrate promising results in DAA-experienced patients. The recent approval of broad-spectrum drug combinations with a high genetic barrier to resistance and antiviral potency may overcome the problem of resistance.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsDrug CombinationsDrug Resistance, ViralDrug Therapy, CombinationGenotypeHCV NS3-4A Protease InhibitorsHepacivirusHepatitis CHepatitis C, ChronicHumansRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseSerine ProteasesSustained Virologic ResponseTreatment FailureViral Nonstructural ProteinsAntiviral AgentsDrug CombinationsHCV NS3-4A Protease InhibitorsNS3-4A serine protease, Hepatitis C virusNS-5 protein, hepatitis C virusRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseSerine ProteasesViral Nonstructural ProteinsDAAHCVRASviral resistance

Identifiers

PMID34696525
PMCPMC8539246
OpenAlexW3206517792

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