title: Extrahepatic hepatitis C virus after transplantation: diabetes and renal dysfunction.
abstract: 1. Insulin resistance is associated with hepatitis C virus infection and plays a role in the progression of hepatitis C virus-related liver disease and fibrosis. 2. Treating insulin resistance and achieving glycemic control will be important for improving post-liver transplant morbidity and mortality: control of the hepatitis C virus will help to accomplish this. 3. The main renal complication of hepatitis C virus is membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, and this occurs most commonly in the setting of mixed cryoglobulinemia.
authors.affiliation: Gastrointestinal Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Sabina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sabharwal
authors.forename: Aymin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Delgado-Borrego
authors.forename: Raymond T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D003449:Cryoglobulinemia / Q000209:etiology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000209:etiology*; D015432:Glomerulonephritis, Membranoproliferative / Q000209:etiology*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000209:etiology; D016031:Liver Transplantation