Although not a classical target for estrogens, the liver is a target for their action and is sensitive to their deprivation. The occurrence of menopause is accompanied by a chain of events depending on the progressive estrogen deprivation that eventually leads to a shift from a low inflammatory to a high inflammatory state. This has a series of well-known consequences in many different organs and tissues (bone, heart, brain, body fat etc.) among which the liver is particularly interesting. The consequences are extremely evident in HCV-positive women in whom HCV infection and menopause cooperate to induce higher necro-inflammatory features, increased hepatic steatosis and eventually faster progression of fibrosis. In addition, menopause is the strongest negative factor for sustained viral response (SVR) in HCV-positive females, especially HCV genotype 1 (in whom menopause was the only independent factor for failure of antiviral therapy). This suggests that HCV-positive women should be treated early during fertile age to obtain maximal response to antiviral therapy.
The role played by gender in viral hepatitis / Bernabucci, Veronica; Villa, Erica. - In: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL & LABORATORY INVESTIGATION. SUPPLEMENT. - ISSN 0085-591X. - 244(2014), pp. 90-94. [10.3109/00365513.2014.936695]
Data di pubblicazione: | 2014 | |
Titolo: | The role played by gender in viral hepatitis | |
Autore/i: | Bernabucci, Veronica; Villa, Erica | |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00365513.2014.936695 | |
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Volume: | 244 | |
Pagina iniziale: | 90 | |
Pagina finale: | 94 | |
Codice identificativo ISI: | WOS:000340459300017 | |
Codice identificativo Scopus: | 2-s2.0-84905394334 | |
Codice identificativo Pubmed: | 25083900 | |
Citazione: | The role played by gender in viral hepatitis / Bernabucci, Veronica; Villa, Erica. - In: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL & LABORATORY INVESTIGATION. SUPPLEMENT. - ISSN 0085-591X. - 244(2014), pp. 90-94. [10.3109/00365513.2014.936695] | |
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