Unmasking the ‘rods and rings’ antinuclear antibody pattern: a sign of hepatitis C treatment and a risk factor for cerebrovascular disease
Ko-Ming Lin, Kuang-Hui Yu, Chao-Yang Hsiao, Yu-Jih Su, Tien-Ming Chan · 2025
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Ko-Ming Lin and co-authors investigate an unusual antibody pattern, nicknamed rods and rings, in blood tests from a large Taiwan hospital, in a 2025 study. The pattern is known to appear during hepatitis C treatment, especially with one drug, but its wider meaning is unclear. The team screened more than forty-three thousand samples and studied the thirty-five patients who showed the pattern.
Nearly nine in ten had hepatitis C, and most had taken the linked drug, with liver problems common. A few patients without the virus were taking beta-blocker heart drugs instead. Patients with very high antibody levels had more strokes and vessel disease than those with low levels. The authors urge more study of this possible warning sign.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ko-Ming Lin, Kuang-Hui Yu, Chao-Yang Hsiao, Yu-Jih Su, Tien-Ming Chan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |