Significance of Circulating Cell-Free DNA Biomarkers in HBeAg-Negative Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Their Changes after Treatment Initiation.
Nikolaos D KarakousisLampros G ChrysavgisAlkistis PapatheodoridiAigli-Ioanna LegakiPanagiotis LembessisEvangelos CholongitasAntonios ChatzigeorgiouGeorgios PapatheodoridisPublished in: Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)
Both circulating levels of cf-DNA and 5-methyl-2'-deoxycytidine might be useful biomarkers in order to monitor liver disease activity and response to antiviral treatment in HBeAg-negative chronic HBV patients, but further studies are essential in order to validate these intriguing findings.
Keyphrases
- hepatitis b virus
- disease activity
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- end stage renal disease
- rheumatoid arthritis
- ejection fraction
- ankylosing spondylitis
- chronic kidney disease
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- cystic fibrosis
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- cell free
- case control
- patient reported