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Hepatitis C virus amino acid sequence diversity correlates with the outcome of combined interferon/ribavirin therapy in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis C

Hepatitis C virus amino acid sequence diversity correlates with the outcome of combined... Evidence has shown that the p7, NS2 and NS3 genes affect the outcome of pegylated-IFN-α/ribavirin (PEG-IFN/RBV) combination therapy in different populations with HCV infections. Here, we test the hypothesis that diversity in the p7, NS2 and NS3 genes influences the probability of obtaining either a sustained (SVR) or non-sustained (non-SVR) viral response in Chinese patients with genotype 1b chronic hepatitis C. There were significantly more unique variations in the p7, NS2 and NS3 genes in the sequences from SVR than non-SVR patients. Inter-patient variations related to treatment outcome in NS3 were concentrated in the protease domain. There were no significant differences in the frequency of variations in the core, E1 and E2 proteins between the groups. In conclusion, increased amino acid sequence diversity in the p7, NS2 and NS3 genes is associated with an SVR to PEG-IFN/RBV therapy in Chinese patients with genotype 1b chronic hepatitis C. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Virology Springer Journals

Hepatitis C virus amino acid sequence diversity correlates with the outcome of combined interferon/ribavirin therapy in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis C

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2012 by Springer-Verlag
Subject
Biomedicine; Virology; Infectious Diseases; Medical Microbiology
ISSN
0304-8608
eISSN
1432-8798
DOI
10.1007/s00705-012-1283-1
pmid
22426896
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Abstract

Evidence has shown that the p7, NS2 and NS3 genes affect the outcome of pegylated-IFN-α/ribavirin (PEG-IFN/RBV) combination therapy in different populations with HCV infections. Here, we test the hypothesis that diversity in the p7, NS2 and NS3 genes influences the probability of obtaining either a sustained (SVR) or non-sustained (non-SVR) viral response in Chinese patients with genotype 1b chronic hepatitis C. There were significantly more unique variations in the p7, NS2 and NS3 genes in the sequences from SVR than non-SVR patients. Inter-patient variations related to treatment outcome in NS3 were concentrated in the protease domain. There were no significant differences in the frequency of variations in the core, E1 and E2 proteins between the groups. In conclusion, increased amino acid sequence diversity in the p7, NS2 and NS3 genes is associated with an SVR to PEG-IFN/RBV therapy in Chinese patients with genotype 1b chronic hepatitis C.

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Archives of VirologySpringer Journals

Published: Jun 1, 2012

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