Human immunodeficiency virus-related microbial translocation and progression of hepatitis C
Human immunodeficiency virus-related microbial translocation and progression of hepatitis C
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DOI:
10.1053/j.gastro.2008.03.022
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发表时间:
2008-07-01
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影响因子:
29.4
通讯作者:
Ray, Stuart C.
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作者:
Balagopal, Ashwin;Philp, Frances H.;Ray, Stuart C.
Background&Aims: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-l infection has been associated with enhanced microbial translocation, and microbial translocation is a mechanism through which alcohol and some enteric conditions cause liver disease. We hypothesized that HIV promotes liver disease by enhancing microbial translocation. Methods: We studied human cohorts in which hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV outcomes were carefully characterized. Results: HIV-related CD4(+) lymphocyte depletion was strongly associated with microbial translocation as indicated by elevated levels of circulating hpopolysaccharide (LPS), LPS-binding protein, soluble CD14, and fucose-binding lectin (AAL) reactive to immunoglobulin G specific for the a-galactose epitope and suppressed levels of endotoxin core antibodies (EndoCAb IgM) in HIV-infected subjects compared with the same persons before they had HIV infection and compared with HIV-uninfected subjects. The same measures of microbial translocation were strongly associated with HCV-related liver disease progression (cirrhosis), eg, LPS, odds ratio, 19.0 (P =.002); AAL, odds ratio, 27.8 (P