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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the association of the CD4+ cell counts and HBeAg with liver damage and cirrhosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB).</p><p><b>METHOD</b>To measure the lymphocytes both CD4 and HLA-DR positive of 58 patients with CHB and 18 patients with HBsAg negative but HBcAb positive. The Platelets (PLT) were counted and the ALT and AST were measured, meanwhile, AST/PLT values were calculated.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The CD4+ cell counts of the three types patients were lower than those of healthy controls significantly,and those of HBcAb positive patients without CHB were higher than those of HBeAg negative patients with CHB which were higher than those of HBeAg positive patients significantly (P < 0.05). And the ALT, AST and AST/PLT levels of both HBeAg negative and positive patients were much higher than the three indicators of both HBcAb positive patients without CHB and healthy controls significantly (P < 0.02), meanwhile, the three indicators of HBeAg negative patients were much lower than those of HBeAg positive ones. In addition, the CD4+ cell counts of the two types patients were negatively correlative with the three indicators(P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Decreased CD4+ cell count can be used as the indicator to predicate the progress of liver damage in patients with CHB, and it is also useful for HBeAg to evaluate the development degree of liver damage and fibrosis in CHB patients.</p>
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Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Alanine Transaminase , Metabolism , CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes , Metabolism , Flow Cytometry , Hepatitis B e Antigens , Metabolism , Hepatitis B, Chronic , Liver Cirrhosis , Allergy and Immunology , Liver Diseases , Allergy and ImmunologyABSTRACT
Objective To observe the significance of expressions of CD14+CD16+ on peripheral monocytes in children with Kawasaki di-sease (KD).Methods The expression of CD14+ and CD14+CD16+ monocytes in 16 children with KD (1-11 years old) were analyzed by flow cytomety both pre-treatment and post-treatment.And the percentages of CD14+CD16+ monocytes among CD14+ monocytes were calculated.Sixteen healthy children (10 months -10 years old) were served as normal control group.Statistical analysis was performed using t test.Results The levels of CD14+ monocytes,percentage of CD14+CD16+ monocytes among CD14+ monocytes and CD14+CD16+ monocytes in children with KD during acute phase (n=16) were (1.03?0.58)?109 L-1,(12.53?5.31)% and(1.20?0.79)?108 L-1.They were significantly higher than those in the normal controls[(0.57?0.21)?109 L-1,(3.86?1.84)% and (0.21?0.10)?108 L-1](Pa0.05).And the expressive levels remained high when the patient recurred.Conclusions The expressive levels of CD14+CD16+ monocytes increase in children with KD.And they change when the patient's clinical condition change.
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Objective To estimate the uncertainty of measurement in detecting of hepatitis B virus DNA(HBV DNA)by method of fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction(FQ-PCR),and discuss the application value.Methods The process of the detection of HBV DNA by FQ-PCR was analysed to confirm and simplify the sources of uncertainties of measurement,which were obtained by disposing the data of methodology validation,internal quality control(type A evaluation of uncertainty)and external quality assessment(type B evaluation of uncertainty);combined uncertainty and expanded uncertainty were obtained by statistical methods.Results The main sources of uncertainties of measurement were:precision within laboratory,precision between laboratory,method bias.The expanded uncertainty of HBV DNA by FQ-PCR was U=0.62(k=1.96,n=2).The uncertainty caused by method bias was found mostly.Conclusion Expanded uncertainty can be compared in different results of HBV DNA by FQ-PCR,and it provides guide significance for observing the cure effect of anti-HBV and choosing the concentration of quality control.