Anti-cholesterol antibody levels in chronic hepatitis c. high titers in patients with genotype 3 and 4, but not in genotype 1B
F Szalay, T Csak, A Biro, T Scherzer, A Folhoffer, A Horvath, J Osztovits, PL Lakatos, I Karádi, G Füst, P Ferenci · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2006 · Heft 06
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Background and Aims: Anti-cholesterol antibodies (ACHA) are natural antibodies against the 3beta-OH group of free cholesterol. High level of ACHA was reported in HIV and hepatitis C infected patients. Association was reported between HCV infection and lipid disorders. Steatosis is more common in HCV genotype 3 infection. We aimed to compare the ACHA level in patients with chronic hepatitis C of different HCV genotypes. Correlation between ACHA and BMI, lipid levels, viral load, transaminases and HCV genotypes were also investigated. Methods: 29 patients with HCV genotype 1b (age: 55.6±12.6 years), 27 patients wi…
