- 现金
- 62111 元
- 精华
- 26
- 帖子
- 30437
- 注册时间
- 2009-10-5
- 最后登录
- 2022-12-28
|
Antivir Ther. 2018 Aug 10. doi: 10.3851/IMP3262. [Epub ahead of print]
Association of characteristics of HBV quasispecies with hepatitis B surface antigen seroconversion after pegylated interferon-alpha-2a treatment in child patients.
Yang J1, Yang G1, He H1, Ning L1, Liu Z1, Fu Q1, Chen H1, Deng H1, Wang Z1, Luo K1.
Author information
1
Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
The correlation between hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) seroconversion and the characteristics of hepatitis B virus (HBV) quasispecies (QS) before and during pegylated interferon alpha-2a (Peg-IFN-α-2a) treatment in hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg)-positive chronic hepatitis B (CHB) children has not yet been reported.
METHODS:
Thirty-five patients, including 18 HBsAg seroconverters (SS) and 17 non-seroconverters (SN), were enrolled. Serum samples were collected before treatment and at weeks 12 and 24 of treatment. Sequences within the basal core promoter/pre-core (BCP/PC) and S/reverse transcriptase (S/RT) region were analyzed by next-generation sequencing.
RESULTS:
There was no significant difference in the baseline diversity of HBV QS (Shannon entropy, Sn; Hamming distance, HD) in either region between the two groups. The baseline mutations A1762T/G1764A, C1913A, and T2003A/G or C2004T were correlated with nonresponse to therapy (p=0.025, p=0.036, p=0.032, respectively). After 24 weeks of therapy, HBV diversity within the BCP/PC region in the SS group notably declined (Sn: p=0.002, HD: p=0.011), while that of the SN group was nearly unchanged. As for the S/RT region, 24 weeks of treatment made no significant difference on QS diversity in either group.
CONCLUSIONS:
Our data demonstrated that the baseline viral mutations and dynamic changes in HBV QS diversity within the BCP/PC region were closely related with HBsAg seroconversion in HBeAg-positive CHB children treated with Peg-IFN-α-2a.
PMID:
30095435
DOI:
10.3851/IMP3262 |
|