The genotype C could play a key role in hepatitis B virus associated nephritis among the Northwest Chinese children
Abstract Background Hepatitis B virus-associated glomerulonephritis (HBV-GN) is a kind of immune complex-induced glomerulonephritis. The present study was designed to determine whether Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype is associated with glomerulonephritis in north-west Chinese children. Methods A to...
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Published in | European journal of internal medicine Vol. 24; no. 8; pp. 835 - 838 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Netherlands
Elsevier B.V
01.12.2013
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Summary: | Abstract Background Hepatitis B virus-associated glomerulonephritis (HBV-GN) is a kind of immune complex-induced glomerulonephritis. The present study was designed to determine whether Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype is associated with glomerulonephritis in north-west Chinese children. Methods A total of 296 HBV-infected patients were enrolled in this study. The serum of patients was subjected to DNA extraction and the HBV genotypes were determined by PCR. Results The results showed that genotype C (49%) was predominant within the subjects, compared to HBV/B (38.5%), B/C recombinant (7.4%) and none B/C (5.1%). The serum tests showed that the changes of Complement 3 (C3) and alanine amino transferase (ALT) levels in the genotype C patients were significantly greater than those in the genotype B patients. The frequency of genotype C in HBV-GN patients was higher than that in non HBV-GN patients (χ2 value = 30.239, P < 0.001). But, it was not associated with renal dysfunction. Furthermore, The genotype C was associated with high HBV-DNA load (82.9% vs 17.1%, P < 0.001), which is seen more frequently in the HBV-GN children (86.3% vs 13.3%, P = 0.004). Conclusions The genotype C may play a role in HBV-GN children, via favoring HBV replication. |
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ISSN: | 0953-6205 1879-0828 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ejim.2013.07.009 |