| RRC ID |
85053
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| Author |
Hirata S, Havercamp K, Yamanashi Y, Udono T.
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| Title |
Hepatitis C virus infection reduces the lifespan of chimpanzees used in biomedical research.
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| Journal |
Biol Lett
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| Abstract |
Chimpanzees were used in hepatitis research for over three decades with the aim to identify and develop treatments for the virus, a leading cause of chronic liver disease in humans. We used a dataset of 120 chimpanzees housed at a single institution in Japan, 22 of whom became chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), to examine whether HCV infection results in a reduced lifespan as reported in humans. Survival analysis showed that HCV carriers experienced a higher mortality risk compared with non-carriers. Although no chimpanzee died from hepatic disease, carriers showed higher gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (γGTP) levels compared with non-carriers suggesting that HCV infection negatively affected their liver condition. These results provide evidence that special attention is necessary to monitor the long-term condition of ex-biomedical primates.
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| Volume |
18(8)
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| Pages |
20220048
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| Published |
2022-8-1
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| DOI |
10.1098/rsbl.2022.0048
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| PMID |
35946233
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| PMC |
PMC9364148
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| MeSH |
Animals
Biomedical Research*
Hepacivirus
Hepatitis C* / veterinary
Humans
Longevity
Pan troglodytes
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| IF |
2.869
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| Resource |
| GAIN |
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