Systematic Reveiws
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World J Hepatol. May 18, 2017; 9(14): 677-688
Published online May 18, 2017. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v9.i14.677
Inducible protein-10 as a predictive marker of antiviral hepatitis C treatment: A systematic review
Bastian Neesgaard, Morten Ruhwald, Nina Weis
Bastian Neesgaard, Nina Weis, Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark
Morten Ruhwald, Department of Infectious Disease Immunology, Section of Human Immunology, Statens Serum Institute, 2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark
Nina Weis, Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Author contributions: Neesgaard B and Weis N contributed equally to this work; Neesgaard B and Weis N designed the research; Neesgaard B and Weis N performed the research; Neesgaard B, Ruhwald M and Weis N analyzed the data; Neesgaard B and Weis N wrote the paper.
Supported by Amagar and Hvidovre Hospital Research Foundation of 45000 Dkr. (to Bastian Neesgaard); and The Family Hede Nielsen Foundation of 10000 Dkr. (to Bastian Neesgaard).
Conflict-of-interest statement: Ruhwald M is registered as inventor on a patent application disclosing IP-10 based liver fibrosis monitoring, using DBS, which could be viewed as a conflict-of-interest. Otherwise all the authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Data sharing statement: The technical appendix, and dataset are available from the corresponding author at nina.weis@regionh.dk.
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Correspondence to: Nina Weis, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Kettegårds allé 30, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark. nina.weis@regionh.dk
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Received: October 22, 2016
Peer-review started: October 28, 2016
First decision: December 1, 2016
Revised: December 30, 2016
Accepted: January 16, 2017
Article in press: January 18, 2017
Published online: May 18, 2017
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Core Tip

Core tip: This is the first systematic review examining the association between baseline levels of interferon-γ-inducible protein-10 (IP-10) and virological response to treatment with pegylated interferon and ribavirin among patients chronically infected with hepatitis C virus, genotype 1-4. We found a possible correlation for genotype 1 and 4 infected patients, indicating that baseline IP-10 levels could predict which patients, infected with genotype 1 or 4, would have the highest likelihood of benefitting from antiviral treatment with pegylated interferon and ribavirin. These findings can be especially relevant in countries, where treatments with direct acting antivirals are not readily applicable.