Reduced incidence of type 2 diabetes in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection cleared by direct-acting antiviral therapy: A prospective study.

Luigi Elio AdinolfiSalvatore PettaAnna L FracanzaniRiccardo NevolaCarmine CoppolaVincenzo NarcisoLuca RinaldiVincenza CalvarusoPia Clara PafundiRosa LombardiLaura StaianoVito Di MarcoAntonio SolanoAldo MarroneMariarosaria SaturninoFrancesca RiniBarbara GuerreraGraziano TroinaMauro GiordanoAntonio CraxìFerdinando C Sasso

Published in: Diabetes, obesity & metabolism (2020)

The results showed that HCV clearance by DAA treatment reduces T2DM incidence probably by restoring the HCV-induced alteration of glucose homeostasis mechanisms.

Keyphrases

hepatitis c virus infection
hepatitis c virus
type diabetes
risk factors
glycemic control
high glucose
human immunodeficiency virus
diabetic rats
cardiovascular disease
blood glucose
stem cells
blood pressure
mesenchymal stem cells
bone marrow
endothelial cells
skeletal muscle
replacement therapy
hiv infected