Hepatitis B Virus
New hepatitis B virus study results reported from Z. Zhang et al
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, February 11th, 2008
In this recently published study, investigators in Beijing, People's Republic of China conducted a study "To investigate whether dendritic cell changes are associated with the efficacy of interferon-alpha treatment we longitudinally analyzed circulating dendritic cells in children chronically infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) undergoing interferon-alpha treatment. Thirty-one children with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) received interferon-a antiviral treatment for 52 weeks."
"Myeloid and plasmacytoid dendritic cell (pDCs) frequency and function were analyzed at weeks 0, 2, 12, 24, 36 and 52 in 22 CHB patients. All patients exhibited an initially rapid decrease of...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2008-02-11)
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