Increased CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells correlate with poor short-term outcomes in hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure patients

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 137-146

  Shen, Chuan ^a   Yan, Wen Zhao ^a   Zhao, Cai Yan ^a   Che, Hong Hao ^a   Liu, Xiao Yu ^a   Liu, Zhen Zhong ^a   Wang, Ya Dong ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Li, Meng ^a   Gao, Jian ^a  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis B; Forkhead winged helix transcription factor; Immune response; Liver failure; Regulatory T cell

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; VIRUS DNA; CD4 ANTIGEN; IL10 PROTEIN, HUMAN; IL2RA PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE ON CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SURVIVAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; VIRUS LOAD; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COMPLICATION; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE-ON-CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD4; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924582944     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: 19959133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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