Vitamin D deficiency: Correlation to interleukin-17, interleukin-23 and PIIINP in hepatitis C virus genotype 4

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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 28, 2012; 18(28): 3738-3744
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Table 1 Levels of vitamin D, its active form, interleukin-17, interleukin-23, N-terminal propeptide of type III pro-collagen and viral load in the four subgroups of hepatitis C virus-infected patients

Item	Group (Ia)Bright hepatomegaly(n = 14)	Group (Ib)Perihepatic fibrosis(n = 11)	Group (Ic)Liver cirrhosis(n =11)	Group (Id)HCC(n = 14)	Group IINormal(n = 25)
Vit D (ng/mL)	19.80 ± 3.33^h	19.40 ± 3.52^h	10.90 ± 3.74^b^d^h	9.70 ± 3.88^b^d^h	39.70 ± 10.80
Active VitD (ng/mL)	20.60 ± 3.50^h	21.00 ± 3.44^h	13.00 ± 2.10^b^d^h	11.70 ± 2.52^b^d^h	41.90 ± 7.90
IL-17 (ng/mL)	7.60 ± 2.66^h	5.10 ± 2.44^h	115.90 ± 38.70^b^d^h	150.30 ± 46.80^b^d^f^h	1.20 ± 0.40
IL-23 (ng/mL)	76.80 ± 14.51^h	51.20 ± 14.60^h	259.30 ± 49.4^b^d^h	225.90 ± 42.10^b^d^h	6.70 ± 2.17
Viral load (IU/mL)	66.30 ± 23.55^h	42.40 ± 9.66^h	165.10 ± 31.40^b^d^h	231.10 ± 44.60^b^d^f^h	0 ± 0
PIIINP (μg/L)	91.03 ± 18.99^h	83.88 ± 28.77^h	209.09 ± 31.3^b^d^h	244.80 ± 34.10^b^d^f^h	22.61 ± 0.54

Values shown are means ± SD of data in four subgroups of hepatitis C virus-infected patients and normal controls. b, d, f, h means within lines with no common superscripts differ significantly. As compared with

^bgroup (Ia),

^dgroup (Ib),

^fgroup (Ic),

^hcontrol (group II) (one-way analysis of variance followed by Tukey-Kramer test), P < 0.01. HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma; IL: Interleukin.

Citation: Schaalan MF, Mohamed WA, Amin HH. Vitamin D deficiency: Correlation to interleukin-17, interleukin-23 and PIIINP in hepatitis C virus genotype 4. World J Gastroenterol 2012; 18(28): 3738-3744
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