Clinical Feature of Intrahepatic B-Lymphocytes in Chronic Hepatitis B

Humoral immunity constitutes major defense mechanism against viral infections. However, the association of hepatic injury and B-cells population in chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers has not been studied well. In this study, fifty seven hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) positive and HBeAg ne...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ashraf Mohamadkhani, Elnaz Naderi, Masoud Sotoudeh, Aezam Katoonizadeh, Ghodratollah Montazeri, Hossein Poustchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:International Journal of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/896864