Figure 2.
Serial measurements of serum interferon (IFN)-λ3 levels during treatment with different nucleos(t)ide analogues (NUCs). Changes in serum IFN-λ3 levels in representative patients during (A) lamivudine (LAM)-containing and/or entecavir (ETV)-containing (n=20) or (B) adefovir pivoxil (ADV)-containing regimes (n=19). Serum IFN-λ3 levels are shown in representative patients treated with (C) ETV alone (a 58-year-old man, HBeAg+, genotype C, IL-28B TT), (D) additional ADV (a 67-year-old man, HBeAg+, genotype C, IL-28B TT), (E) tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) alone (a 42-year-old man, HBeAg−, genotype D) and (F) multiple NUCs (a 78-year-old man, HBeAg−, genotype C, IL-28B TT). (G) Serum IFN-λ3 levels in patients with HIV infection before and during anti-HIV treatment. The black, grey and dotted lines represent patients with HIV alone with TDF treatment, HIV and HBV co-infection with TDF treatment, and HIV alone without TDF treatment, respectively. Three representative patients are shown per group. ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; HBeAg, hepatitis B e antibody; M, month, y, year.