Institute of Liver, Gastroenterology, & Panceatico-Biliary Sciences, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
J Clin Transl Hepatol. 2016 Mar 28;4(1):26-31. doi: 10.14218/JCTH.2016.00040. Epub 2016 Mar 15.
Interleukin-28B (IL-28B) polymorphism is an important predictor for hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment response. Whether IL-28b genotypes also influence other nontreatment related clinical parameters is unclear.
Patients with HCV-related chronic liver diseases who attended our department during 2012-2014 were retrospectively analyzed. The single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of rs12979860 (IL-28B) were correlated with various clinical parameters. We also compared these parameters in patients with and without overt diabetes to identify possible associations.
A total of 115 patients were included (median age 48, range 15-76 years; 70% males). Overall, 43/115 (37%) patients had chronic hepatitis, while the remaining 72/115 (63%) had cirrhosis. The most common IL-28B genotype was CC, which was found in 53% of patients (61/115), while the remaining 47% were nonCC [CT 42% (48/115) and TT 5% (6/115)]. Clinical and laboratory parameters like Hb, white blood cell (WBC), platelets, bilirubin, transaminases, and albumin were similar in the CC and nonCC genotypes. Overt diabetes mellitus was present in 22% (25/115) of patients. Patients with nonCC genotype had significantly higher prevalence of overt diabetes mellitus than patients with CC genotype (31% [17/54] versus 13% [8/61]; p < 0.05). When parameters were compared in patients with and without overt diabetes mellitus, only IL-28B and age were significantly associated with overt diabetes mellitus (p < 0.05).
In HCV patients, overt diabetes mellitus was more commonly associated with the nonCC genotype of IL-28B than the CC genotype. Carriers of the T-allele of SNP rs12979860 were more likely to have insulin resistance than CC homozygotes, and this finding may explain the higher prevalence of diabetes in non-CC genotypes. Thus, an IL-28B test may be useful in patients of HCV in order to determine their likelihood of developing diabetes mellitus.
白细胞介素 28B(IL-28B)多态性是丙型肝炎病毒(HCV)治疗反应的重要预测因子。IL-28b 基因型是否也影响其他非治疗相关的临床参数尚不清楚。
回顾性分析 2012-2014 年期间在我院就诊的 HCV 相关慢性肝病患者。分析 IL-28B 单核苷酸多态性(SNP)rs12979860 与各种临床参数的相关性。我们还比较了伴有和不伴有显性糖尿病患者的这些参数,以确定可能的关联。
共纳入 115 例患者(中位年龄 48 岁,范围 15-76 岁;70%为男性)。总体而言,43/115(37%)例患者患有慢性肝炎,而其余 72/115(63%)例患者患有肝硬化。最常见的 IL-28B 基因型为 CC,占 53%(61/115),其余 47%为非 CC[CT 占 42%(48/115),TT 占 5%(6/115)]。CC 和非 CC 基因型的血红蛋白(Hb)、白细胞(WBC)、血小板、胆红素、转氨酶和白蛋白等临床和实验室参数相似。显性糖尿病的发生率为 22%(25/115)。非 CC 基因型患者显性糖尿病的发生率明显高于 CC 基因型患者(31%[17/54]与 13%[8/61];p<0.05)。在比较有和无显性糖尿病患者的参数时,只有 IL-28B 和年龄与显性糖尿病显著相关(p<0.05)。
在 HCV 患者中,显性糖尿病与 IL-28B 的非 CC 基因型比 CC 基因型更为常见。SNP rs12979860 的 T 等位基因携带者比 CC 纯合子更有可能出现胰岛素抵抗,这一发现可能解释了非 CC 基因型中糖尿病患病率较高的原因。因此,在 HCV 患者中进行 IL-28B 检测可能有助于确定其发生糖尿病的可能性。