Scripps VIVO scripps research logo

  • Index
  • Log in
  • Home
  • People
  • Organizations
  • Research
  • Events
Search form

Cytotoxic T lymphocyte responsiveness after resolution of chronic hepatitis B virus infection

Academic Article
uri icon
  • Overview
  • Research
  • Identity
  • Additional Document Info
  • View All
scroll to property group menus

Overview

authors

  • Rehermann, B.
  • Lau, D.
  • Hoofnagle, J. H.
  • Chisari, Francis

publication date

  • 1996

journal

  • Journal of Clinical Investigation  Journal

abstract

  • Clearance of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) during acute hepatitis is associated with a strong, polyclonal, multispecific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response to the viral envelope, nucleocapsid and polymerase proteins that persists for decades after clinical recovery. In contrast, chronically infected patients usually fail to mount a strong CTL response to this virus. In this study we demonstrate that chronically infected patients who experience a spontaneous or interferon-induced remission develop a CTL response to HBV that is similar in strength and specificity to patients who have recovered from acute hepatitis. The results suggest that specific immunotherapeutic enhancement of the CTL response to HBV should be possible in chronically infected patients, and that it could lead to viral clearance in these individuals with resolution of chronic liver disease.

subject areas

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Alanine Transaminase
  • Base Sequence
  • CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes
  • Case-Control Studies
  • DNA Primers
  • DNA, Viral
  • Female
  • Hepatitis B
  • Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
  • Hepatitis B e Antigens
  • Hepatitis B virus
  • Hepatitis, Chronic
  • Humans
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Interferon Type I
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic
scroll to property group menus

Research

keywords

  • CTL
  • HBV
  • HLA-A2
  • interferon
  • limiting dilution analysis
scroll to property group menus

Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0021-9738

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1172/jci118592

PubMed ID

  • 8601631
scroll to property group menus

Additional Document Info

start page

  • 1655

end page

  • 1665

volume

  • 97

issue

  • 7

©2019 The Scripps Research Institute | Terms of Use | Powered by VIVO

  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Support