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Hepatitis C virus-associated neurocognitive and neuropsychiatric disorders: Advances in 2015

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Monaco, Salvatore·2015·World Journal of Gastroenterology

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Since its identification in 1989, hepatitis C virus (HCV) has emerged as a worldwide health problem with roughly 185 million chronic infections, representing individuals at high risk of developing cirrhosis and liver cancer. In addition to being a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality due to liver disease, HCV has emerged as an important trigger of lymphoproliferative disorders, owing to its lymphotropism, and of a wide spectrum of extra-hepatic manifestations (HCV-EHMs) affecting different organ systems. The most frequently observed HCV-EHMs include mixed cryoglobulinemia and cryoglobulinemic vasculitis, B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, nephropathies, thyreopathies, type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, and several neurological conditions. In addition, neuropsychiatric disorders and neurocognitive dysfunction are reported in nearly 50% of patients with chronic HCV infection, which are independent of the severity of liver disease or HCV replication rates. Fatigue, sleep disturbance, depression and reduced quality of life are commonly associated with neurocognitive alterations in patients with non-cirrhotic chronic HCV infection, regardless of the stage of liver fibrosis and the infecting genotype. These manifestations, which are the topic of this review, typically occur in the absence of structural brain damage or signal abnormalities on conventional brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), although metabolic and microstructural changes can be detected by in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy, perfusion-weighted and diffusion tensor MRI, and neurophysiological tests of cognitive processing. Several lines of evidence, including comparative and longitudinal neuropsychological assessments in patients achieving spontaneous or treatment-induced viral clearance, support a major pathogenic role for HCV in neuropsychiatric and neurocognitive disorders.

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Authors
Monaco, S.
Affiliations
University of Verona (IT)
Corresponding author
Monaco, Salvatore
Venue
World Journal of Gastroenterology
Published
2015
Volume
21
Issue
42
Pages
11974
ISSN
1007-9327 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2415152759
Cited by
109
References
80
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FWCI
2.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc
Locations
  • World Journal of Gastroenterology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • CINECA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Bari Aldo Moro) (submittedVersion)
  • World Journal of Gastroenterology
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Hepatitis C virus research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Biological Psychiatry › Tryptophan and brain disorders
Keywords
hepatitis C virus, neurocognitive impairment, neuropsychiatric disorders, extrahepatic manifestations, chronic hepatitis C, fatigue, sleep disorders, depression, quality of life, 1H NMR, diffusion tensor imaging, perfusion-weighted MRI, viral clearance, HCV genotypes, liver fibrosis
MeSH terms
Mental Disorders, Brain, Cognition, Cognition Disorders, Genotype, Hepatitis C, Humans, Prognosis, Quality of Life, Hepacivirus, Host-Pathogen Interactions

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