Result: C-
Q182K/* (
C2444A/T or
A2445G mutation), of which the frequency tended to be higher in
rt269I strains than in
rt269L strains (q = 0.068), has been reported to be significantly related to
HCC in Korean chronic patients infected with genotype C2.
Result: Further analysis of the nucleotide sequence at all three time points indicated that nucleotides
T361A,
C934A,
C2351T/
A2353T, and
C2444T were the mutation been kept in for at least two years' evolution.
Result: These mutations caused nonsense mutation of
preS1 and
preCore/
Core gene (
T361A and
C2444T, resp.), missense mutation of
precore/
core and
pol gene (
C2351T/
A2353T and
C934A, resp.).
Discussion: