20Jan 2017

The Effect of Interferon/Ribavirin Therapy on the Levels of Angiopoetin-2 andTIE-2 in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients.

  • Department of Tropical Medicine and Hepatology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
  • Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
  • Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
  • Department of Endemic and Infectious diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
  • Department of Internal Medicine, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia.
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Aim: to identify the effect of hepatitis C virus treatment by pegylated interferon and ribavirin on the level of angiogenic factor (Angiopoetin -2 and its receptor Tie-2) and detection of their levels as a predictor of response to treatment. Methods: one hundredand sixteen patients with chronic hepatitis C, who were candidate for interferon and ribavirin combination therapy according to the Egyptian Ministry of Health Program, enrolled in this study where the levels ofAngiopoetin -2 and its receptor Tie-2were determinedbefore and after the combination therapy. Results:There was a significant decline of serum Ang-2 after the end of treatment, week 48 (330.8 ± 73.0) compared to the baseline values (544.7 ± 64.1) in all patients (P<0.0 1),while There was a significant increase of serum sTie-2after the end of treatment, week 48 (31.2 ± 1.04) compared to the baseline values (17.7 ± 2.1) in all patients (P<0.0 1). However there was no difference between responders (212.5 ± 87.1) and non-responders (228.3 ± 22.9) at week 48 regarding serum Ang-2, and also there was no difference between responders (13.4 ± 2.4) and non-responders (14.22 ± 2.39) at week 48 regarding serum Tie-2(P<0.0 1). Conclusion: Angiopoetin -2 and its receptor Tie-2 may not be a useful predictors for treatment responses to pegylated interferon and ribavirin.


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[Gamal Esmat, Khalil A. Khalil, Mohamed Abdou, Fadia Mustafa, Ayman Salem, Mahmoud Shedid, and Mohamed Mosaad. (2017); The Effect of Interferon/Ribavirin Therapy on the Levels of Angiopoetin-2 andTIE-2 in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jan). 734-740] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Mohamed Mosaad
4- Department of Endemic and Infectious diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt ; 5- Department of Internal Medicine, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/2808      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/2808