JOURNAL OF PRACTICAL HEPATOLOGY ›› 2015, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (5): 558-562.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2015.05.032

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Factors predicting the efficacy of interferon-alpha efficacy in treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis B

Guo Yuan,Chen Congxin   

  1. Department of Infectious Diseases,105th Hospital of PLA, Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230031,China
  • Received:2015-03-09 Online:2015-09-10 Published:2016-02-18

Abstract: Interferon-alpha(IFN-α) plays a antiviral role mainly through inhibiting virus replication and regulating immune function. In clinical practice,the effective rate of IFN-αtreatment in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is only 30% to 40%. There are many factors,such as serum alanine aminotransferase(ALT) level,hepatic pathological status,immune function, genetic background,and viral genotype,virus mutation,serum level of HBV DNA,HBsAg,HBeAg and HBcAb,which can predict the efficacy of IFN-αtherapy. We should take a variety of factors into consideration when we predict the efficacy of IFN-αtreatment in order to optimize the therapy regimen and to improve the viral response.

Key words: Chronic hepatitis B, Interferon-alpha, Efficacy predicting