Does SEN-V and other non-A-E hepatotropic viruses contribute to the development and progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease?

Autor: Grubert Van Iderstine M; Section of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada., Osiowy C; National Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada., Rumbolt C; Section of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada., Zhang M; Section of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada., Swidinsky K; National Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada., Kaita KDE; Section of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada., Minuk GY; Section of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Electronic address: gerald.minuk@umanitoba.ca.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Medical hypotheses [Med Hypotheses] 2020 Apr; Vol. 137, pp. 109528. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Dec 12.
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2019.109528
Abstrakt: Approximately 10-20% of patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are at risk of progressing to cirrhosis. The cause of such progression is unclear. SEN-V is a hepatotropic virus that has been associated with more severe and advanced liver disease in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infections. In this study we tested 32 NAFLD patients for evidence of SEN-V infection and correlated the results with histologic findings. The results of the study revealed similar disease severity and stage of progression in SEN-V positive and negative patients. Although not supportive of our hypothesis, the possibility that SEN-V and/or other non-A-E hepatotropic viruses contribute to the development and course of NAFLD is discussed.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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