Research progress of transforming growth factor beta 1 in the treatment of chronic viral hepatitis B / 中国医师进修杂志

ABSTRACT

Transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-β1) is the product and adjusting factor of the hepatocyte immune process when Hepatitis B virus (HBV) invades. There was a correlation among the level of TGF-β1, immune cell cytokines and HBV replication during antiviral therapy. It has an important clinical significance for the researchers to investigate dynamic change of TGF-β1 in chronicviral hepatitis type B (CHB) immunological response and antiviral treatment.