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Piero L. Almasio

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Chronic hepatitis B in Italy: New features of an old disease - Approaching the universal prevalence of hepatitis B e antigen-negative cases and the e…

2008

We evaluated 1336 hepatitis B surface antigen-positive subjects consecutively observed in 79 Italian hospitals over a 6-month period. The proportion of hepatitis B e antigen-negative cases was 86.4%, that of patients coinfected with hepatitis D virus was 9.7%, and the rate of patients coinfected with hepatitis C virus was 16.8%. Multiple logistic regression analysis showed that age >49 years, alcohol abuse, and anti-hepatitis D virus and anti-hepatitis C virus positivity were independent predictors of progression to liver cirrhosis. © 2007 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.

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An international genome-wide meta-analysis of primary biliary cholangitis: Novel risk loci and candidate drugs.

2021

[BACKGROUND & AIMS] Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a chronic liver disease in which autoimmune destruction of the small intra-hepatic bile ducts eventually leads to cirrhosis. Many patients have inadequate response to licensed medications, motivating the search for novel therapies. Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and meta-analyses (GWMA) of PBC have identified numerous risk loci for this condition, providing insight into its aetiology. We undertook the largest GWMA of PBC to date, aiming to identify additional risk loci and prioritise candidate genes for in silico drug efficacy screening. [METHODS] We combined new and existing genotype data for 10, 516 cases and 20, 77…

Liver CirrhosisALSPAC; ERN RARE-LIVER; Genomic co-localization; Network-based in silico drug efficacy screening; UK-PBC0301 basic medicineCandidate geneALSPAC; ERN RARE-LIVER; Genomic co-localization; Network-based in silico drug efficacy screening; UK-PBC; Genome-Wide Association Study; Humans; Liver Cirrhosis BiliaryItalian PBC Study GroupLD SCORE REGRESSIONJapan-PBC-GWAS ConsortiumGenome-wide association studyLocus (genetics)DiseaseSUSCEPTIBILITYPBCChronic liver diseaseBioinformaticsGENETIC ASSOCIATION1117 Public Health and Health Services03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineUK-PBC ConsortiumGenotypeHumansMedicineNetwork-based in silico drug efficacy screeningGenetic associationScience & TechnologyGastroenterology & HepatologyHepatologyLiver Cirrhosis Biliarybusiness.industryBiliaryChinese PBC Consortium1103 Clinical SciencesALSPACmedicine.diseasePBC Consortia030104 developmental biologyMeta-analysisERN RARE LIVER030211 gastroenterology & hepatologyGenomic co-localizationUK-PBCUS PBC ConsortiumERN RARE-LIVERCanadian PBC ConsortiumbusinessLife Sciences & BiomedicineGenome-Wide Association StudyHuman
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