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3/2021
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Original paper

Relation between levels of toll-like receptors 3 and 7 and clinical profile of Child-Pugh B cirrhotic patients

Ahmed Kamal
1
,
Ahmed Ramadan
2
,
Dalia Sherief
3
,
Asmaa Hassan
3
,
Nahla Nosair
3
,
Maaly Mabrouk
4
,
Eman Habeeb
3
,
Tamer Haydra
5

  1. Internal Medicine Department, Hepatology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt
  2. Department of Demography And Biostatistics, Faculty of Graduate Studies for Statistical Research, Cairo University, Egypt
  3. Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Kafr El-Sheikh University, Egypt
  4. Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt
  5. Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Kafr El-Sheikh University, Egypt
Clin Exp HEPATOL 2021; 7, 3: 293-296
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ceh.2021.109336
Online publish date: 2021/09/21
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Introduction
Growing data show that toll-like receptors (TLRs) have considerable roles in the pathogenesis of many liver diseases. We aimed to study the relation between TLR3 and TLR7 levels and clinical manifestations of liver decompensation among hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected Child-Pugh B patients.

Material and methods
This study included 60 adult patients with Child-Pugh B liver cirrhosis on top of untreated HCV infection. We performed a two-step clustering algorithm depending on TLR-3 gene expression, TLR-7 gene expression, and other influential patients’ characteristics.

Results
Patients were optimally divided into 2 clusters, each cluster containing 30 patients. The average silhouette score of the clustering algorithm was 0.52, indicating a good clustering power of the model. Patients in cluster 1 showed lower relative expression of TLR3 (0.188 vs. 0.29). The same was true of TLR7 (0.20 vs. 0.31). All patients within cluster 1 had lower limb edema and 93% of them had ascites. On the other hand, no one within cluster 2 had ascites or lower limb edema. The mean platelet count was lower in patients within cluster 1(74,000 vs. 100,000 cell/mm3). The mean international normalized ratio (INR) level was higher in cluster 1 (1.61 vs. 1.3). The mean Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score was higher in cluster 1 (15 vs. 10).

Conclusions
From these results, we can suggest that lower TLR3 and TLR7 can lead to worse clinical manifestations among patients with HCV-related liver cirrhosis. A deeper exploration of this point can open the door for new approaches for managing decompensated cirrhosis.

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chronic hepatitis C, toll-like receptors, decompensated cirrhosis
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