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TRANSPLANTATION
Volume 94, Issue 3, Pages 275-280Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31825668f6
Keywords
Hepatitis C virus; IL28B gene; Interferon; Liver transplantation; Viral recurrence
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III [FIS-PI08/1561]
- Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion [SAF2010-22153-C03-03]
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Background. Polymorphisms of the IL28B gene (encoding interferon-lambda 3) determine the spontaneous course of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and its response to antiviral therapy. We investigated the influence of the IL28B rs12979860 (C>T) polymorphism on the risk of severe HCV recurrence after liver transplantation. Methods. Ninety patients who underwent transplantation because of HCV cirrhosis were retrospectively analyzed; forty-one (45.6%) of them with severe HCV recurrence. Forty-eight of their paired donors were available and were also analyzed. IL28B rs12979860 was genotyped by real-time polymerase chain reaction, and evaluated for association with severe HCV recurrence, along with other variables, by univariate and multivariate analyses. Results. The risk allele rs12979860-T was more common in transplanted patients (66.7%) than reported in healthy whites, and it was significantly overrepresented among patients with severe HCV recurrence, in comparison with patients without it (82.9% vs. 53.1%, odds ratio [OR]=4.30, etiologic fraction=63.6%; P=0.0028). Furthermore, separate analysis of the recipients' genotypes indicated that the risk of severe HCV recurrence increased with the dose of the T allele (linear trend, P=0.0068). Multiple logistic regression analysis confirmed the contribution of the IL28B genotype to the risk of severe HCV recurrence (OR=4.27; P=0.014), independently of other associated factors. Allele IL28B T in the donor seemed to have an opposite effect than that in the recipient (OR=0.46), but the study was underpowered to demonstrate this unforeseen effect (P=0.1995). Conclusions. The recipient IL28B rs12979860 genotype has a major influence on the posttransplantation course of HCV infection, being a valuable biomarker for patient care in liver transplantation.
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