Improvement of insulin sensitivity in diabetic and non diabetic patients with chronic hepatitis C treated with direct antiviral agents.

Alessandro GualerziMattia BellanCarlo SmirneMargherita Tran MinhCristina RigamontiMichela Emma BurloneRamona BonomettiSara BiancoAzzurra ReSerena FavrettoGiorgio BellomoRosalba MinisiniGian Piero Carnevale SchiancaMario Pirisi

Published in: PloS one (2018)

Glucose metabolism parameters of HCV infected patients improve early after antiviral treatment, with benefits that are not limited to diabetics. These findings confirm how deep and widespread is the impairment of insulin pathways exerted by HCV infection.

Keyphrases

type diabetes
hepatitis c virus
glycemic control
wound healing
insulin resistance
skeletal muscle
adipose tissue
newly diagnosed
weight loss
liver fibrosis