An Immuno-Clinic score model for evaluating T cell immunity and predicting early antiviral therapy effectiveness in chronic hepatitis B
Yurong Gu 1 , Xiaoyan Li 1 , Lin Gu 2 , Yifan Lian 2 , Ke Wang 1 , Youming Chen 1 , Jing Lai 1 , Yongyu Mei 1 , Jing Liu 1 , Zexuan Huang 2 , Min Zhang 1 , Lubiao Chen 1 , Yuehua Huang 1 2
Affiliations
Affiliations
1
Department of Infectious Diseases, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510630, China.
2
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Liver Disease Research, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510630, China.
PMID: 33401245 DOI: 10.18632/aging.202274
Abstract
We generated an Immuno-Clinic score (ICS) model to evaluate T cell immunity based on the clustering of antiviral cytokines and inhibitory molecules in 229 naïve chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients. 126 patients receiving antiviral therapy were used to validate the model for predicting antiviral therapy effectiveness. Through receiver-operator characteristic curve analysis, the area under the curve, sensitivity, and specificity of the ICS model were 0.801 (95%CI 0.703-0.900), 0.727, and 0.722, respectively. The cut-off value was 0.442. Re-evaluation of T cell immunity in different phases of CHB showed that patients in the immune tolerant phase had the lowest percentage of ICS-high (15%), while patients in the inactive carrier phase had the highest percentage of ICS-high (92%). Patients in the immune active and gray zone phases had 17% and 56% ICS-high, respectively. Elevation of ICS as early as four weeks after treatment could predict the effectiveness of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA loss and normalization of alanine aminotransferase, while eight weeks after treatment could predict HBV surface antigen decline. Thus, this ICS model helps clinicians choose an optimal time for initiating antiviral therapy and predicting its efficacy.
Keywords: Immuno-Clinic score (ICS); T-cell; chronic hepatitis B (CHB); cytokines; hepatitis B virus (HBV). 作者: StephenW 时间: 2021-1-6 20:43