Correlation of serum chemokine RANTES level with serum biochemical indices, HBeAg and HBV DNA load in patients with chronic hepatitis B
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1003-9279.2009.03.010
- VernacularTitle:慢性乙肝患者血清趋化因子RANTES水平与肝功能生化指标等的相关性研究
- Author:
Ka ZHANG
1
;
Qi-Huan XU
;
Lu-Biao CHEN
;
Xin SHU
;
Ni CHEN
;
Gang LI
Author Information
1. 中山大学附属第三医院
- Keywords:
Hepatitis viral,human;
Hepatitis B virus;
Chemotactic factors;
Hepatitis B e antigens;
DNA viruses
- From:
Chinese Journal of Experimental and Clinical Virology
2009;23(3):188-190
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the level of the serum chemokine RANTES and its correlation with serum biochemical indices of liver function test, HBeAg and HBV DNA load in patients with chronic hepatitis B.Methods 144 patients with chronic hepatitis B (observed group) and 18 normal cases (control group) were enrolled in this study. The serum level of chemokine RANTES was detected with an ABC-ELISA assay. Statistical analysis was performed on the software of SPSS13.0. Results The serum chemokine RANTES level in the observed group (3930.12 ng/ml±2856.96) ng/ml was significantly higher than that in the control group (329.46 ng/ml±152.23) ng/ml. The results from the observed group indicated the positive correlation of serum RANTES level with indices of liver function test, including ALT (r=0. 197, P=0.018), AST(r=0.239, P=0.004) and TBil (r=0.316, P=0.001), but did not with PTA (r=-0.078, P=0.357). Neither difference of serum chemokine RANTES level between HBeAg-positive group and HBeAg-negative group nor that between high HBV DNA load group (≥105 copies/ml) and low HBV DNA load group (< 105 copies/ml) were statistically significant (P=0.407 and 0.185, respectively). Conclusions Serum chemokine RANTES level in patients with chronic hepatitis B elevates significantly and is not affected by HBeAg or HBV DNA load. Its positive correlation with indices of liver function test indicates that RANTES might play an important rule in the pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis B.
