Research Article

Identification of IL-28B Genotype Modification in Hepatocytes after Living Donor Liver Transplantation by Laser Capture Microdissection and Pyrosequencing Analysis

Table 1

The clinical profiles of the 50 pairs of donor/recipient in living donor liver transplantation.

CategoryDonorRecipient value

Age (mean) years20–54 (34.5)48–72 (59.14)0.000
Gender, male/female26/2422/28>0.05
Before LDLTAfter LDLT
ALT
AST
Bilirubin, total
HCV-RNA
 Positive (%)44 (88)26 (52)0.000
 Negative (%)6 (12)24 (48)0.000
Genotype
 G1a42
 G1b2919
 G2a72
 G2b31
 G3b11
 Uncertain66
IL-28B rs8099917
 TT (%)43 (86.0)41 (82)41 (82)>0.05
 GT (%)4 (8.0)8 (16)9 (18)>0.05
 GG (%)3 (6.0)1 (2)0 (0)>0.05
IL-28B rs12979860
 CC (%)7 (14.0)1 (2)4 (8)>0.05
 CT (%)43 (86.0)49 (96)46 (92)>0.05
 TT (%)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)

Antiviral treatment strategyabcdeabcde
rs8099917
 TT (%)22 (91.7)4446344463
 GT (%)1 (4.2)1212
 GG (%)1 (4.2)
rs12979860
 CC (%)2 (8.3)112
 CT (%)22 (91.7)4545545453
 TT (%)0 (0)

24 recipients with HCV-RNA clearance after living donor liver transplantation and their antiviral treatment strategy including (a) no treatment; (b) history of pegIFN/RBV; (c) pretransplant pegIFN/RBV; (d) posttransplant pegIFN/RBV; (e) DAA (direct-acting antiviral agent).