HBV specific T-cell responses in hepatitis B.
| dc.contributor.author | Rana, Deepa | |
| dc.contributor.author | Menachery, John | |
| dc.contributor.author | Chawla, Yogesh | |
| dc.contributor.author | Duseja, Ajay | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dhiman, Radha | |
| dc.contributor.author | Arora, Sunil | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-19T10:12:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-11-19T10:12:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-10 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Cellular immune responses seem to prevail in acute hepatitis, whereas chronically infected patients demonstrate generally suppressed cellular immune responses and significantly greater antibody responses. Aim: To study hepatitis B virus (HBV) specific T cell proliferative responses in HBV related liver diseases. Methods: We analyzed the T lymphocyte proliferative responses to the nonspecific mitogen phytohemagglutinin (PHA) and the HBV specific hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg) by calculating T cell proliferation index in 10 acute viral hepatitis (AVH) patients, 19 chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients, 10 HBV cirrhotics, 10 inactive carriers and 10 healthy controls using MTT assay. Results: The mean proliferation index (PI) to PHA was highest in healthy controls (133.2 + 58.1) and lowest in cirrhotics (44.1 + 46.9) with all other groups falling in between. On comparing the mean T cell responses to HBcAg, AVH patients had the highest mean response (186.48 + 116.37) followed by CHB (137.9 + 134.3), inactive carriers (63.2 + 41.2) and cirrhotics (55.5 + 42.7). Conclusions: Patients with AVH had the highest T cell response to HBcAg, which probably explains the clearance of virus in these patients, in contrast to patients with cirrhosis who had the lowest T cell response. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Rana Deepa, Menachery John, Chawla Yogesh, Duseja Ajay, Dhiman Radha, Arora Sunil. HBV specific T-cell responses in hepatitis B. Tropical Gastroenterology. 2011 Oct-Dec; 32(4): 273-278. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/143171 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.source.uri | https://www.tropicalgastro.com/filedownload.aspx?id=463 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hepatitis B virus | en_US |
| dc.subject | immune response | en_US |
| dc.subject | proliferation index | en_US |
| dc.title | HBV specific T-cell responses in hepatitis B. | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |