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Additional antigenic sites, distinct from those present on spherical 20 nm diam. particles of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), are exposed on the surface of Dane particles and tubular forms of HBsAg. The immunological relationship of these sites to e-antigen, an antigen detected earlier in HBsAg-positive sera from patients with chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis or acute hepatitis but not in healthy HBsAg-carriers, was established by immune electron microscopy and affinity chromatography. These findings suggest that e-antigen may be potentially useful in active immunization against hepatitis B.
J Gen Virol 1976 Mar
PMID:Identification of additional antigenic sites on Dane particles and the tubular forms of hepatitis B surface antigen. 5 22

A cDNA fragment encompassing the 5'-terminal half of the NS1 region of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome was cloned. The cDNA was expressed in insect cells using a recombinant baculovirus, and a protein band of approximately 21K was identified by immunoblotting with a serum sample from a patient with chronic hepatitis C. Antibody to the protein was detected in sera from 13.4% of patients with chronic non-A, non-B hepatitis (NANBH), 20.8% of patients with liver cirrhosis and 16.8% of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma with no serum markers for hepatitis B virus infection. However, the antibody was not detected in sera from patients with acute NANBH. The prevalence of antibody to the protein encoded by the NS1 region was lower than that of antibody to the HCV core protein, but much higher than that of antibody to the envelope protein. Thus, the NS1 region of the HCV genome is suggested to encode a protein produced during the course of HCV replication.
J Gen Virol 1992 Aug
PMID:Expression of the amino-terminal half of the NS1 region of the hepatitis C virus genome and detection of an antibody to the expressed protein in patients with liver diseases. 137 27

Hepatitis B virus-related DNA was detected in the chromosomal DNA of three out of seven hepatocellular carcinomas and two out of five cirrhosis samples examined, by means of the blot-hybridization technique, described by Southern (1975). The integration patterns were not identical but some similarities raise the question of whether there are some preferred sites of viral integration.
J Gen Virol 1981 Nov
PMID:Detection of hepatitis B virus-specific DNA in the genomes of human hepatocellular carcinoma and liver cirrhosis tissues. 627 24

Liver sections from five patients with persistent hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and active cirrhosis were shown to contain intracellular HBV DNA by in situ hybridization using cloned 3H-labelled HBV DNA probes. Two classes of infected cells, with different distributions throughout the liver, were distinguished: (i) cells containing a low copy number of double-stranded HBV nucleotide sequences, confined to the cell nucleus and thought to represent HBV DNA, and (ii) cells containing large amounts (estimated to be greater than 10 or 15 genome copies per cell) of HBV DNA, much of it in a single-stranded form and largely confined to the cell cytoplasm; these single-stranded regions represented widely separated regions of the HBV genome, in contrast to the structure of the DNA in mature virions. It is likely that these latter cells may be supporting viral DNA synthesis. Cells with large amounts of cytoplasmic HBV DNA invariably contained hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and in addition contained either no detectable hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg), or cytoplasmic HBcAg or nuclear HBcAg in that order of frequency. Cytoplasmic HBcAg was highly predictive of the presence of large amounts of cytoplasmic HBV DNA in the same cell, while either nuclear HBcAg, or cytoplasmic HBsAg, were often seen both in cells with and without such levels of DNA. These patterns, relating HBV DNA and antigen content in naturally occurring asynchronous infection in a heterogeneous cell population, should provide a background to further studies of the virus replication cycle with a defined experimental system, when such a system becomes available.
J Gen Virol 1983 Jun
PMID:Patterns of single- and double-stranded hepatitis B virus DNA and viral antigen accumulation in infected liver cells. 685 69

The survival of infants with biliary atresia has improved significantly during the past two decades as a result of modification of the Kasai hepatoportoenterostomy procedure complemented by advances in liver transplantation. Recent reports suggest that the long-term success rate of the Kasai procedure is 40%. Failures are salvaged by liver transplantation. Advances in organ preservation, the use of reduced-sized grafts, and newer immunosuppressive agents (cyclosporine, FK 506) have strongly influenced these improved results. Unfortunately, liver transplantation is associated with a high complication rate, the risk of opportunistic infection, and an increased rate of malignancy due to immunosuppression. Until immunotolerance can be achieved, the Kasai procedure remains the procedure of choice for infants with biliary atresia. Liver transplantation is a life-saving complementary procedure for patients who fail to drain bile following the Kasai procedure, who are older than 3 to 4 months of age at diagnosis, or who have advanced cirrhosis. In the current era, the overall survival should exceed 80%.
Curr Opin Gen Surg 1994
PMID:Is there a place for the Kasai procedure in biliary atresia? 758 57

1. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity was studied in erythrocyte (RBC) of 42 patients with chronic liver disease. 2. Erythrocyte SOD activities in chronic active hepatitis (CAH) and active liver cirrhosis (ALC) groups were not significantly different from that of the control. 3. Erythrocyte SOD activity in the inactive liver cirrhosis (ILC) group was significantly lower than that of the control. 4. No differences of erythrocyte SOD activity were found between CAH, ALC and ILC groups. 5. The reason underlying this finding is obscure and can probably be related to a decrease in the synthesis of SOD.
Gen Pharmacol 1994 Nov
PMID:Activities of superoxide dismutase in erythrocyte of nonalcoholic chronic liver diseases. 789 45

1. A short-term CCl4 administration was used in vivo as a model to produce a rise in lactic acid levels and to explain the probable interaction of CCl4 and lactic acid elevation with hepatic fibrogenesis. 2. A single dose of CCl4 produced an increase in lactic acid levels from 16.6 +/- 3.57 to 24.2 +/- 4.2 mg/dl. Three consecutive doses produced an elevation to 33.28 +/- 10.07 mg/dl, thus describing a direct relationship between lactic acid levels and CCl4 administration in a short-term fashion. 3. A morphological evaluation was performed to show hepatic changes caused by CCl4 administration. No clue of fibrogenesis was found. However, we conclude that an elevation in lactic acid exists, prior to cirrhosis. Therefore, chronic presence of lactic acid may lead to cirrhosis.
Gen Pharmacol 1993 May
PMID:Effect of short-term carbon tetrachloride administration on blood lactic acid levels. 836 43

In the Mediterranean region almost all patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV)-related cirrhosis are anti-HBV e antigen (anti-HBeAg)-positive and carriers of HBeAg-negative virus mutants. The six members of a family who acquired HBV infection were recently studied: two siblings developed cirrhosis with persistence of HBeAg positivity, whereas their parents and two more siblings cleared the virus. The two cirrhotic patients showed homozygosity for HLA class I by phenotype, which is a rare occurrence in the general population, while the other family members were heterozygous for HLA class I. The sequencing analyses of the entire viral DNAs isolated from both cirrhotic patients showed that the two viral genomes were almost identical and no mutation preventing HbeAg synthesis or viral gene expression was present. These findings might suggest that homozygosity for HLA class I molecules might be responsible for an insufficient response to the virus, favouring chronic outcome of the infection and the long-lasting persistence of HBV populations that produce HBeAg.
J Gen Virol 1996 Aug
PMID:Severe outcome of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and lack of HBV e antigen-defective virus emergence in patients homozygous for HLA class I alleles. 876 Apr 34

The autopsy findings of 80 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected adults, who died between 1982-1995, are presented with special emphasis on the risk factor of hemophilia. The study included 23 blood product recipients (hemophiliacs n = 21; non-hemophiliacs n = 2), 34 homosexuals, four intravenous drug abusers, and 19 patients with no known risk factor. Nearly all individuals (93%) showed the late stage of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Blood product recipients had a significantly lower overall frequency of opportunistic infections (p < 0.05). Homosexuality was associated with the highest overall frequency of opportunistic infections and HIV-associated malignancies, such as Kaposi's sarcoma and malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Exclusive visceral involvement of Kaposi's sarcoma was frequent, and no decrease of Kaposi's sarcoma was observed during the study period. Pneumocystis infections, atypical mycobacteriosis, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma showed a significant increase during the last five years (1991-1995) of the observation interval. Opportunistic infections and malignancies were the cause of death in approximately one-half of the patients. In blood product recipients, hepatic failure due to posthepatitic cirrhosis and hemorrhage due to hepatic failure with subsequent coagulopathy and in non-blood product recipients, bacterial bronchopneumonia, and diffuse alveolar damage were additional major causes of death. The data suggest a lower risk for HIV-infected blood product recipients, particularly hemophiliacs, to acquire opportunistic infections and malignant neoplasms.
Gen Diagn Pathol 1996 May
PMID:Autopsy findings in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection with emphasis on the risk factor of hemophilia. 878 Sep 28

Seventeen kidney autopsy tissue sections from patients with cirrhosis of the liver were quantitatively examined and compared with fifteen cases of normal controls. The study was limited only to cases with normal renal function and without macroscopic renal changes. Morphometric investigations were performed by means of a computer image analysis system. The study revealed that total glomerular area, total number of glomerular cells per total glomerular area, mesangium (percentage of total glomerular area), and number of sclerotic glomeruli (percentage of total glomeruli) were significantly increased in cirrhotic patients. There was no significant increase in relative interstitial volume and in total glomerular cell per unit of glomerular area in comparison with controls. The results indicate that, despite the lack of renal clinical and laboratory manifestation, cirrhosis of the liver can be accompanied by a variety of glomerular disorders. These abnormalities consist of an enlargement of the glomeruli, an increase in glomerular cellularity proportional to the increase in glomerular size, thickening in mesangial matrix, and increased glomerulo-sclerotic lesions.
Gen Diagn Pathol 1996 May
PMID:Glomerular and interstitial renal findings in patients with liver cirrhosis with normal renal function. The histomorphometric study. 878 Sep 35


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