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Ficolin-2 a newmarker for severity of liver inflammation in patients with chronic hepatitis C

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Background: ficolin-2 is a kind of human serum complement lectin with a structure similar to mannan-binding lectin (MBL) and it has been implicated in innate immunity. Recent studies have shown that complement pathway activation may contribute to hepatitis. However, the relationship between ficolin-2 and viral hepatitis remains largely elusive. Aim of the work: this study aimed to determine the dynamics of ficolin-2 in patients with chronic hepatitis C. Patients and Methods: Thirty patients who had not yet received therapy and twenty normal control subjects were included in this study. A sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to measure the ficolin-2 concentrations in all serum samples of patients and 20 healthy donors. Results: we found that the concentrations of ficolin-2 were significantly higher in chronic hepatitis C patients with abnormal ALT values than in chronic hepatitis C patients with normal ALT values and healthy controls. Ficolin-2 concentrations in chronic hepatitis C patients with abnormal ALT values were positively correlated with ALT levels (*P <0.05). Then, we found ficolin-2 concentrations in rapid viral response (RVR) group decreased significantly (*P <0.05), while in non-RVR group, ficolin-2 decreased slightly (P >0.05). Conclusion: our findings suggested that early increased ficolin-2 is highly correlated with hepatic inflammation and rapid viral response.

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10.21608/ejhm.2018.21914

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ficolin-2, Liver inflammation, Chronic HCV

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Abd El Monem M.

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Barrak

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Internal Medicine Departments, Faculty of Medicine, Al –Azhar University (Cairo)

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Hesham E.

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Lashin

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Internal Medicine Departments, Faculty of Medicine, Al –Azhar University (Cairo)

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Mahmoud M.

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Metwally

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Clinical Pathology Departments, Faculty of Medicine, Al –Azhar University (Cairo)

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Nabil I.

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Abd El-Rahman

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Internal Medicine Departments, Faculty of Medicine, Al –Azhar University (Cairo)

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ahmed1hussein91@gmail.com

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73

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11

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4124

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2018-10-01

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2018-12-13

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2018-10-01

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8,047

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8,053

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1687-2002

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2090-7125

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The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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https://ejhm.journals.ekb.eg/

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Ficolin-2 a newmarker for severity of liver inflammation in patients with chronic hepatitis C

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22 Jan 2023