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Tarnathummanan C, Soimanee T, Khattiya J, Sretapunya W, Phaonakrop N, Roytrakul S, Akekawatchai C. Plasma proteomic profiles of patients with HIV infection and coinfection with hepatitis B/C virus undergoing anti‑retroviral therapy. Biomed Rep 2024; 21:155. [PMID: 39268407 PMCID: PMC11391517 DOI: 10.3892/br.2024.1843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2024] [Accepted: 07/26/2024] [Indexed: 09/15/2024] Open
Abstract
Chronic liver disease is becoming a leading cause of illness and mortality in patients living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV; PLWH) undergoing suppressive anti-retroviral therapy. Its primary etiology is coinfection with hepatitis B and C virus (HBV and HCV, respectively). Chronic liver inflammation and fibrosis can potentially lead to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Therefore, monitoring of the disease progression in PLWH is required. The present study aimed to explore plasma protein profiles of PLWH and those coinfected with HBV and HCV using shotgun proteomics. HIV-monoinfected, HIV/HBV-coinfected, HIV/HCV-coinfected and uninfected control individuals were recruited. Patients in the three virus-infected groups had significantly higher levels of liver fibrosis indices (fibrosis-4 score and aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index) compared with the control group. Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis of plasma samples identified 1,074 proteins that were differentially expressed, where subsequent partial least squares-discriminant analysis model demonstrated clear clustering of proteomes from the four sample groups; 18 proteins that were significantly differentially expressed. Heatmap analysis identified two main groups of proteins, six proteins being upregulated only in the HIV/HBV-coinfection group and 10 proteins downregulated in all three virally infected groups. STITCH 5.0 analysis predicted an interaction network containing two identified proteins in the latter group, specifically ubiquitin interaction motif-containing 1 (UIMC1) and haptoglobin (HP), which are part of the profibrogenic TGF-1β/SMAD, inflammatory TNF and tumor suppressor BRCA1 pathways. Expression levels of UIMC1 and HP were significantly lower in HIV-infected groups compared with those in uninfected controls. Altogether, these proteomics data provide protein expression profiles potentially associated with HIV infection and coinfection with HBV/HCV, which may be applied to predict progression to advanced liver disease or HCC in PLWH.
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- Chewaporn Tarnathummanan
- Graduate Program in Medical Technology, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Thammasat University, Pathumthani 12121, Thailand
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- Thammasat University Research Unit in Diagnostic Molecular Biology of Chronic Diseases Related to Cancer, Pathumthani 12121, Thailand
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- Thammasat University Research Unit in Diagnostic Molecular Biology of Chronic Diseases Related to Cancer, Pathumthani 12121, Thailand
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- Department of Medical Technology and Pathology, Nakorn Nayok Hospital, Nakorn Nayok 26000, Thailand
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- Functional Proteomics Technology Laboratory, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand
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- Functional Proteomics Technology Laboratory, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand
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- Thammasat University Research Unit in Diagnostic Molecular Biology of Chronic Diseases Related to Cancer, Pathumthani 12121, Thailand
- Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Thammasat University, Klongluang, Pathumthani 12121, Thailand
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Gouvêa ADFTB, Filho RC, Machado DM, Bononi do Carmo F, Beltrão SV, Sampaio L, de Moraes-Pinto MI, Succi RCDM. Assessment of liver disease by non-invasive methods in perinatally infected Brazilian adolescents and young adults living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Braz J Infect Dis 2021; 25:101589. [PMID: 34147474 PMCID: PMC9392177 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2021.101589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Revised: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 04/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Effective and long-term combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) has decreased morbidity and mortality in HIV-infected individuals. Despite treatment advances, HIV-infected children continue to develop noninfectious conditions, including liver fibrosis. METHODS Cross-sectional study designed to identify liver fibrosis in HIV-infected adolescents and young adults, in an outpatients clinic of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Division at Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), diagnosed by noninvasive methods (liver elastography-FibroScan®, APRI and FIB4). Variables examined included demographics, clinical, laboratories, HIV treatment. All participants underwent FibroScan® to measure liver parenchyma elasticity. Values equal to above 7.0 kPa were interpreted as the presence of significant liver fibrosis. Two different biomarkers of liver fibrosis were employed: the AST-to-Platelet Ratio Index (APRI) and the Fibrosis-4 score (FIB-4). APRI values above 1.5 have been considered as levels of clinically significant liver fibrosis and FIB-4 values above 3.25 suggested the presence of advanced fibrosis. RESULTS Between August 2014 and March 2017, the study enrolled 97 patients, age 10-27 years old, fourteen of 97 subjects (14.4%) presented liver stiffness (≥7 kPa) detected by the liver elastography. No patient had APRI> 1.5. No patient had FIB4 value > 3.25. The only isolated laboratory parameter that could be significantly associated with high liver stiffness was thrombocytopenia (p = 0.022, Fisher's exact test). CONCLUSION Liver stiffness was identified in 14.4% (14/97) of this cohort by liver elastography. Liver disease in HIV-infected adolescents and young adults manifests itself silently, so should be routinely investigated.
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- Aida de Fátima Thomé Barbosa Gouvêa
- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Escola Paulista de Medicina, Centro de Atendimento da Disciplina de Infectologia Pediátrica (CEADIPe), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Escola Paulista de Medicina, Hepatology Branch of the Division of Gastroenterology, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Escola Paulista de Medicina, Centro de Atendimento da Disciplina de Infectologia Pediátrica (CEADIPe), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Escola Paulista de Medicina, Centro de Atendimento da Disciplina de Infectologia Pediátrica (CEADIPe), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Escola Paulista de Medicina, Centro de Atendimento da Disciplina de Infectologia Pediátrica (CEADIPe), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Escola Paulista de Medicina, Centro de Atendimento da Disciplina de Infectologia Pediátrica (CEADIPe), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Escola Paulista de Medicina, Centro de Atendimento da Disciplina de Infectologia Pediátrica (CEADIPe), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Escola Paulista de Medicina, Centro de Atendimento da Disciplina de Infectologia Pediátrica (CEADIPe), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Rasoulinejad M, Seyed Alinaghi SA, Sohrabi MR, Badie BM, Manshadi SAD, Nezhad MH, Khatami SR. Prevalence and Factors Associated with Hepatic Steatosis and Fibrosis Using Fibroscan in HIV-positive Patients Treated with Anti-retroviral (ARV) Medicines Referred to the Biggest Hospital in Tehran, 2018 to 2019. Open AIDS J 2020. [DOI: 10.2174/1874613602014010108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Background:
Liver injury is a characteristic feature of HIV infection, which is the second most common cause of mortality among HIV positive patients. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become a new concern in the management of people living with HIV (PLWH). The condition encompasses a spectrum of diseases from non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) to fibrosis and cirrhosis. The current study was to evaluate hepatic steatosis and fibrosis using fibroscan among PLWH treated with anti-retroviral (ARV) medicines.
Methods:
The present research was designed as a cross-sectional study and 100 HIV positive patients under antiretroviral treatment (ART) were enrolled in the study. All PLWH, including 49 men (49%) and 51 women (51%) (Mean age of 39.9 years), were evaluated by Transient Elastography (TE) in Imam Khomeini Hospital during 2018 and 2019.
Results:
The mean CD4 count was 610 cells/μl, 4% with CD4 < 200 cells/μl, 30% between 201 and 500cells/μl, and 66% with CD4 >500 cells/μl. Based on the TE result, 10% of patients had significant fibrosis (F2:6% and F3:4%) and most of the patients had mild fibrosis (F1:77%). A significant, direct relationship was found between HIV infection duration and fibrosis, especially in the duration of more than five years of the disease. There was no significant association between liver fibrosis and other factors (P>0.05).
Conclusion:
The presence of hepatic fibrosis and steatosis demonstrates the main health concern for PLWH mono-infection, and mainly transient elastography is recommended for HIV mono-infected patients, especially if their infection period is over five years.
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Kirkegaard-Klitbo DM, Bendtsen F, Lundgren J, de Knegt RJ, Kofoed KF, Nielsen SD, Benfield T. Increased Prevalence of Liver Fibrosis in People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Without Viral Hepatitis Compared to Population Controls. J Infect Dis 2020; 224:443-452. [PMID: 33320268 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Liver fibrosis is associated with poor liver-related outcomes and mortality. People with human immunodeficiency virus (PWH) may be at increased risk. We aimed to estimate the prevalence and factors associated with liver fibrosis in PWH compared to population controls. METHODS This was a cross-sectional cohort study comparing 342 PWH with 2190 population controls aged 50-70 years.Transient elastography was performed and elevated liver stiffness measurement (LSM) defined as 7.6 kPa as a proxy for significant liver fibrosis. Adjusted odds ratios (aORs) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs) were computed by logistic regression. RESULTS The prevalence of elevated LSM was higher in PWH than in uninfected controls (12% vs 7%; P < .01). Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection was independently associated with elevated LSM. In multivariate analysis, elevated LSM was associated with HIV (aOR, 1.84 [95% CI, 1.17-2.88]; P < .01); higher age (per decade: aOR, 3.34 [95% CI, 1.81-6.18]; P < .01); alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (per 10 IU/L: aOR, 1.25 [95% CI, 1.05-1.49]; P < .01); body mass index (BMI) (per 1 kg/m2: aOR, 1.17 [95% CI, 1.05-1.29]; P < .01), and previous exposure to didanosine (per year: aOR, 2.26 [95% CI, 1.01-5.06]; P = .04). CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of elevated LSM was higher in PWH compared to population controls. Higher age, BMI, ALT, previous exposure to didanosine, and positive HIV status were independently associated with higher odds of elevated LSM.
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- Gastrounit, Medical Division, Copenhagen University Hospital, Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.,Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Centre of Excellence for Health, Immunity and Infections, Department of Infectious Diseases 8632, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Radiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Viro-immunology Research Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases 8632, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital, Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.,Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Çalışkan E, Atay G, Kara M, Sütçü M, Bayramoğlu Z, Hançerli Törün S, Somer A, Adaletli İ. Comparative evaluation of liver, spleen, and kidney stiffness in HIV-monoinfected pediatric patients via shear wave elastography. Turk J Med Sci 2019; 49:899-906. [PMID: 31192547 PMCID: PMC7018312 DOI: 10.3906/sag-1811-87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background/aim This study aimed to evaluate the stiffness of the liver, spleen, and kidneys in HIV-monoinfected children via shear wave elastography (SWE). Materials and methods Twenty-one HIV-monoinfected children and 37 healthy subjects were included in this study. Livers, spleens, and kidneys of the participants were examined via ultrasound and SWE. Patients were divided into two groups according to the presence of pathologic ultrasonographic findings. Routine laboratory tests were also recorded. Stiffness of these organs was compared between patients and control groups. Results Liver transaminases, blood urea, and creatinine levels were normal in all subjects. Ultrasonographic examination revealed hepatosplenomegaly (n = 1, 4.7%), grade 1 hepatosteatosis (n = 1, 4.7%), and hepatosteatosis and minimal heterogeneity of the liver (n = 1, 4.7%). Ultrasonographic features were normal in 18 patients. Stiffness of the liver, spleen, and kidneys of all HIV-monoinfected children with normal laboratory parameters was significantly higher than in healthy subjects. Eighteen patients with normal ultrasonographic findings also had higher stiffness values when compared to control subjects. Conclusion Stiffness of the liver, spleen, and kidneys in HIV-monoinfected children was increased. SWE can be used in the detection of early parenchymal changes even in patients with normal laboratory parameters and ultrasonographic findings.
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- Emine Çalışkan
- Department of Pediatric Radiology, Seyhan State Hospital, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Konya Training and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul University, İstanbul, Turkey
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