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EnglishBACKGROUND & AIMS: We evaluated the performance of a rapid method to quantify HCV-RNA in the hepatic and extrahepatic compartments, by using for the first time the Abbott RealTime HCV-assay. METHODS: Non-tumoral (NT), tumoral (TT) liver samples, lymph nodes and ascitic fluid from patients undergoing orthotopic-liver-transplantation (N=18) or liver resection (N=4) were used for the HCV-RNA quantification; 5/22 patients were tested after or during direct acting antivirals (DAA) treatment. Total RNA and DNA quantification from tissue-biopsies allowed normalization of HCV-RNA concentrations in IU/μg of total RNA and IU/106 liver-cells, respectively. RESULTS: HCV-RNA was successfully quantified with high reliability in liver biopsies, lymph nodes and ascitic fluid samples. Among the 17 untreated patients, a positive and significant HCV-RNA correlation between serum and NT liver-samples was observed (Pearson: rho=0.544, p=0.024). Three DAA-treated patients were HCV-RNA "undetectable" in serum, but still "detectable" in all tested liver-tissues. Differently, only one DAA-treated patient, tested after sustained-virological-response, showed HCV-RNA "undetectability" in liver-tissue. CONCLUSIONS: HCV-RNA was successfully quantified with high reliability in liver bioptic samples and extrahepatic compartments, even when HCV-RNA was "undetectable" in serum. Abbott RealTime HCV-assay is a good diagnostic tool for HCV quantification in intra- and extra-hepatic compartments, whenever a bioptic sample is available.
HCV-RNA quantification in liver bioptic samples and extrahepatic compartments, using the abbott RealTime HCV assay / F.P. Antonucci, V. Cento, M.C. Sorbo, M.C. Manuelli, I. Lenci, D. Sforza, D. Di Carlo, M. Milana, T.M. Manzia, M. Angelico, G. Tisone, C.F. Perno, F. Ceccherini-Silberstein. - In: JOURNAL OF VIROLOGICAL METHODS. - ISSN 0166-0934. - 246(2017 Aug), pp. 1-7.
| Titolo: | HCV-RNA quantification in liver bioptic samples and extrahepatic compartments, using the abbott RealTime HCV assay |
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| Parole Chiave: | Chronic viral hepatitis; Direct acting antivirals (DAA); HCV; Liver biopsy; Orthotopic-liver-transplantation (OLT); Real time PCR; Aged; Antiviral Agents; Ascitic Fluid; Biopsy; Female; Hepacivirus; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C, Chronic; Humans; Liver; Lymph Nodes; Male; Middle Aged; RNA, Viral; Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; Reproducibility of Results; Viral Load; Virology |
| Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore MED/07 - Microbiologia e Microbiologia Clinica |
| Data di pubblicazione: | ago-2017 |
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| Tipologia: | Article (author) |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2017.04.001 |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 01 - Articolo su periodico |
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