Observing on relationship in changes of OPN,IL-18 levels with hepatic function in patients with chronic hepatic disease infected by HBV / 中国免疫学杂志

Objective:To observe clinical significance between changes of OPN,IL-18 levels and relation ship with hepatic function in patients with chronic hepatic disease infected by HBV.Methods:The levels of OPN,IL-18 in peripheral blood of 102 patients with chronic hepatitis B,34 patients with hepatitis B-related cirrhosis,95 HBV carriers and 20 healthy people as the control group were respectively detected with ELISA.Results:The levels of OPN and IL-18 in chronic hepatitis B and hepatitis B-related cirrhosis groups were significantly increased compared with that of health control group(P