Hepatitis B Virus Replication Could Enhance Regulatory T Cell Activity by Producing Soluble Heat Shock Protein 60 From Hepatocytes
Hepatitis B Virus Replication Could Enhance Regulatory T Cell Activity by Producing Soluble Heat Shock Protein 60 From Hepatocytes
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DOI:
10.1086/653496
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发表时间:
2010-07-15
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
Shimosegawa, Tooru
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作者:
Kondo, Yasuteru;Ueno, Yoshiyuki;Shimosegawa, Tooru
Background. HBcAg-specific regulatory T (T(reg)) cells play an important role in the pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis B. Soluble heat shock proteins, especially soluble heat shock protein 60 (sHSP60), could affect the function of Treg cells via Toll-like receptor.Methods. We analyzed the relationship between soluble heat shock protein production and hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication with both clinical samples from HBeAg-positive patients with chronic hepatitis B (n = 24) and HBeAb-positive patients with chronic hepatitis B (n = 24) and in vitro HBV-replicating hepatocytes. Thereafter, we examined the biological effects of sHSP60 with isolated T(reg) cells.Results. The serum levels of sHSP60 in patients with chronic hepatitis B were statistically significantly higher than those in patients with chronic hepatitis C (P