ArticleClinical and experimental medicine2019
Direct antiviral agents upregulate natural killer cell potential activity in chronic hepatitis C patients.
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- Unveiling the nexus between direct-acting antivirals in hepatitis C virus elimination and immune response.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2025Review
- Unmet needs in the post-direct-acting antivirals era: The risk and molecular mechanisms of hepatocellular carcinoma after hepatitis C virus eradication.Clinical and molecular hepatology · 2024Review
- Hepatitis C Virus and the Host: A Mutual Endurance Leaving Indelible Scars in the Host's Immunity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Immunological Mechanisms for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk after Direct-Acting Antiviral Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Lymphocyte Landscape after ChronicInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy despite immune recovery in a HIV/HCV co-infected patient.Journal of neurovirology · 2020Article
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- Direct-acting antiviral treatment downregulates immune checkpoint inhibitor expression in patients with chronic hepatitis C.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2020Article
- Viral clearance ameliorates hematological and inflammatory markers among diabetic patients infected with hepatitis C genotype 4.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2020Article
- Correlation analysis of hepatitis C virus core antigen and low viral loads: Can core antigen replace nucleic acid test?Clinical and experimental medicine · 2020Article
- Reversal of Immunity After Clearance of Chronic HCV Infection-All Reset?Frontiers in immunology · 2020Review
- NK and NKT-like cells in granulomatous and fibrotic lung diseases.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
Direct antiviral agents (DAAs) can eliminate hepatitis C virus rapidly and make chronic hepatitis C (CHC) curable. The changes in the innate immune system during treatment with DAAs are still in dispute. To investigate how the functions of natural killer (NK) cells change during and after treatment with DAAs in each NK cell subset. Thirteen CHC patients were treated with sofosbuvir/ledipasvir, and the expression levels of NKp46 and NKG2A were tested via flow cytometry at baseline, at 2, 4, 8 and 12 weeks during the therapy and 12 and 24 weeks after the end of treatment; expression levels were compared between CHC patients and 13 healthy controls. A redirected killing assay was used to detect the cytotoxicity of NK cells. After coculturing NK cells with JFH-Huh7 cells for 72 h, HCV RNA was tested to analyze the inhibition ability of NK cells. All patients achieved sustained virologic response. The expression of the activating receptor NKp46 was decreased first at week 8 during therapy with DAAs and then increased and normalized to levels in healthy controls after treatment with DAAs. The expression of the inhibitory receptor NKG2A was decreased during and after treatment with DAAs. Each NK cell subset has a similar changing trend during and after treatment with DAAs, although some differences can be found earlier and later. The ratio of NKp46 and NKG2A was upregulated after treatment with DAAs. CD56
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