INTERLEUKIN 2 ACTIVITY IN HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION: RELATIONSHIP WITH VIRAL REPLICATION
- VernacularTitle:乙型肝炎病毒感染者白细胞介素2活性的改变及其与病毒复制的关系
- Author:
Taiping CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
interleukin2;
hepatitis B;
hepatitis B virus
- From:
Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University(Medical Sciences)
1981;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
To analyse immunoregulatory function in hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, we assessed the interleukin 2(IL-2) activity in 111 patients with various clinical types of HBV infection by an IL-2 bioassay using Con A-stimulated murine spleen cells IL-2 activity was comparable to healthy controls in patients with acute hepatitis and asymptomatic HBsAg carriership, but it was significantly reduced in patients with other types of HBV infection (P