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Cytokine Profiles and Virological Marker Monitoring during 48 Weeks Peginterferon Alfa Treatment for HBeAg-Positive Chronic Hepatitis B
Ming Hui Li 1 , Fang Fang Sun 2 , Feng Xin Chen 3 , Zhan Zeng 4 , Yan Jie Lin 4 , Xiao Yue Bi 5 , Liu Yang 5 , Wen Deng 5 , Ting Ting Jiang 5 , Rong Hai Huang 6 , Wei Yi 7 , Yao Xie 1
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Affiliations
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Department of Hepatology Division 2, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100015, China;Department of Hepatology Division 2, Peking University Ditan Teaching Hospital, Beijing 100015, China.
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Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China.
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Department of Infectious Diseases, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100015, China.
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Department of Hepatology Division 2, Peking University Ditan Teaching Hospital, Beijing 100015, China.
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Department of Hepatology Division 2, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100015, China.
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Department of General Surgery, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100015, China.
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Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100015, China.
PMID: 35473895 DOI: 10.3967/bes2022.042
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Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to investigate whether cytokine profiles and virological markers might add value in monitoring the effects of peginterferon (PEG-IFN) therapy for hepatitis B e-antigen (HBeAg) positive chronic hepatitis B (CHB).
Methods: HBeAg positive patients with CHB were treated with PEG-IFN for 48 weeks. Clinical biochemical, and HBV serological indexes, as well as cytokines, were detected at baseline and every 12 weeks.
Results: A total of 116 patients with CHB were enrolled in this study; 100 patients completed the 48-week treatment and follow-up, of whom 38 achieved serum HBeAg disappearance, 25 achieved HBeAg seroconversion, 37 showed HBsAg decreases ≥ 1 log 10 IU /mL, 9 showed HBsAg disappearance, and 8 became HBsAb positive. The cytokine levels at baseline and during treatment were similar between the HBeAg disappearance group and non-disappearance group. The disappearance of HBeAg was independently associated with HBeAg levels at weeks 12 and 24 , and with the HBeAg decline at week 24 ( P < 0.05). The HBsAg response was independently associated with HBsAg, the HBsAg decline, HBeAg, the HBeAg decline at week 12, and HBsAg at week 24 ( P < 0.05).
Conclusion: There was no significant correlation between the response to interferon (IFN) and cytokines during PEG-IFN treatment. The changes in virological markers predicted the response to IFN after 48 weeks.
Keywords: Chronic hepatitis B; Cytokine; HBeAg; HBsAg; Peginterferon. |
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