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ArticleScientific reports2022

The role of serum Wisteria floribunda agglutinin-positive Mac-2 binding protein in the assessment of fibrosis in children with chronic hepatitis C.

Hitoshi Tajiri, Mitsuyoshi Suzuki, Kazuhiko Bessho, Yoshinori Ito, Jun Murakami, Reiko Hatori, Tomoko Takano, Yoko Miyoshi, Stephen Brooks

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Article in Scientific reports, 2022. 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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9 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.

Hitoshi TajiriDepartment of Pediatrics, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-higashi, Osaka-Sayama, Japan. tajiriji@gmail.com.
Mitsuyoshi SuzukiDepartment of Pediatrics, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Kazuhiko BesshoDepartment of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
Yoshinori ItoDepartment of Pediatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
Jun MurakamiDivision of Pediatrics and Perinatology, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Tottori, Japan.
Reiko HatoriDepartment of Pediatrics, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
Tomoko TakanoDepartment of Pediatrics, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan.
Yoko MiyoshiDepartment of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
Stephen BrooksDepartment of Microbiology/Immunology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA.
Osaka University · JPGunma University · JPJuntendo University · JPKindai University · JPNagoya University · JPOsaka Prefectural Medical Center · JPTottori University · JPUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

At present, noninvasive fibrosis markers are not available for the assessment of liver fibrosis in children with chronic hepatitis C. Sixty-three children with chronic hepatitis C were included. Changes in Wisteria floribunda agglutinin-positive Mac-2 binding protein (M2BPGi) levels were evaluated in l3 of 27 treatment-naive patients during the natural course of disease (median 4, range 3-6 years). Changes during treatment were evaluated in 27 of 36 patients for 4 (2-9) years of posttreatment follow-up. There were significant differences in the levels of M2BPGi between control group and HCV F0 group (P = 0.002) and between control group and HCV F1 group (P < 0.001). Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed that to discriminate stage F1 fibrosis from F0, the cut-off value was 0.95 for M2BPGi with a sensitivity of 52%, specificity of 90%, and area under the curve of 0.687. A substantial decrease in M2BPGi levels by treatment was shown from 0.98 ± 0.57 at pretreatment to 0.42 ± 0.15 at posttreatment (P < 0.001) in the 27 treated patients. Our study shows new findings that M2BPGi may be useful to predict the presence of a mild degree of fibrosis in children with chronic hepatitis C, and such mild fibrosis may be quickly resolved by treatment.

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Hepatitis C, ChronicPlant LectinsReceptors, N-AcetylglucosamineChildHumansLiver CirrhosisMembrane GlycoproteinsMembrane GlycoproteinsPlant LectinsReceptors, N-Acetylglucosaminewisteria lectin

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PMID35778417
PMCPMC9249794
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