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J Hepatol. 2016 Aug 26. pii: S0168-8278(16)30441-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2016.08.009. [Epub ahead of print]
The role of quantitative hepatitis b surface antigen revisited.Cornberg M1, Wong VW2, Locarnini S3, Brunetto M4, Janssen HL5, Chan HL6.
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- 1Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology. Hannover Medical School; German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Hannover-Braunschweig, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].
- 2Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Institute of Digestive Disease and State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Electronic address: [email protected].
- 3Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL), Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: [email protected].
- 4Hepatology Unit and Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Pathology of Hepatitis Viruses, Reference Center of the Tuscany Region for Chronic Liver Disease and Cancer, University Hospital of Pisa, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
- 5Toronto Center for Liver Disease, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada. Electronic address: [email protected].
- 6Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Institute of Digestive Disease and State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Electronic address: [email protected].
AbstractIn the past 10 years, there are a lot of enthusiasms on the use of serum hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) quantification to predict disease activity and monitor treatment response in chronic hepatitis B. The measurement of HBsAg level has been standardized in IU/mL and nowadays it is almost mandatory with the development of new antiviral treatments as HBsAg seroclearance, i.e. functional cure of hepatitis B, is now considered the goal of therapy. Recently, improved understanding on molecular virology of HBsAg, particularly on the relative roles of covalently closed circular DNA and integrated HBV DNA, has shed new lights on the interpretation of HBsAg level in different phases of chronic hepatitis B. HBsAg level can assist the differentiation of immune tolerance and immune clearance in hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-positive patients, and it can predict inactive disease and spontaneous HBsAg seroclearance in HBeAg-negative patients. The determination of HBsAg level is pivotal to individualize peginterferon treatment; it is the key investigation to decide early termination of peginterferon among non-responders. Among patients treated by nucleos(t)ide analogues, responders tend to have dramatic reduction of HBsAg to low levels, which may be followed by HBsAg seroclearance. With newer data on combination treatment of peginterferon and nucleos(t)ide analogues as well as emerging new antiviral agents, HBsAg quantification is expected to become increasingly important to monitor and guide antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis B.
Copyright © 2016 European Association for the Study of the Liver. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS: Antiviral treatment; Entecavir; HBsAg; Hepatitis B; Peginterferon; Tenofovir
PMID:27575311DOI:10.1016/j.jhep.2016.08.009
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