title: Review article: an unexpected virus-host interaction--the hepatitis C virus-diabetes link.
abstract: There is now consistent epidemiological evidence for an association between chronic hepatitis C and diabetes. Important, although so far limited longitudinal data, have documented an increased risk for diabetes in patients infected by hepatitis C virus (HCV) especially in those with metabolic risk factors such as a high BMI and older age. HCV encoded proteins might alter insulin signalling thus explaining impaired insulin sensitivity and the occurrence of glycaemic dysregulation even before the cirrhotic stage. The consequences of the association between diabetes and HCV infection are an increased liver fibrosis stage and faster fibrosis progression rate. This article reviews recent human and experimental data on the HCV-diabetes association.
authors.affiliation: Service d'hépatogastroentérologie, Hopital Pitié Salpetriere and Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France. vratziu@teaser.fr
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ratziu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heurtier
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bonyhay
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Poynard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Giral
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000821:virology*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000821:virology; D012307:Risk Factors; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D014758:Viral Core Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D014758:Viral Core Proteins