The Association between Serum Cytokine and Chemokine Levels and Antiviral Response by Entecavir Treatment in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients | Zendy

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The Association between Serum Cytokine and Chemokine Levels and Antiviral Response by Entecavir Treatment in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients

Author(s) -

Mio Kurihara,

Masataka Tsuge,

Eisuke Murakami,

Nami Mori,

Waka Ohishi,

Takuro Uchida,

Hatsue Fujino,

Takashi Nakahara,

Hiromi AbeChayama,

Tomokazu Kawaoka,

Daiki Miki,

Akira Hiramatsu,

Michio Imamura,

Yoshiiku Kawakami,

Hiroshi Aikata,

Hidenori Ochi,

Yizhou Zhang,

Grace Naswa Makokha,

C. Nelson Hayes,

Kazuaki Chayama

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

antiviral therapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.747

H-Index - 87

eISSN - 2040-2058

pISSN - 1359-6535

DOI - 10.3851/imp3196

Subject(s) - entecavir , medicine , hbsag , immunology , hbeag , chemokine , hepatitis b , cytokine , hepatitis b virus , gastroenterology , immune system , lamivudine , virus

Results of the present study indicate that changes in cytokine/chemokine levels following entecavir therapy are associated with response to antiviral therapy in CHB patients. Monitoring of serum cytokine/chemokine levels could be useful for predicting reduction of HBV DNA and HBsAg and HBe seroconversion.

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