… Worldwide, chronic hepatitis B affects an estimated 350 million persons and is the … hepatitis
B virus (HBV) in adulthood results in viral persistence and development of chronic hepatitis in …

… HLA class II genes, we and others have previously failed to show any association between
HLA class I genes and chronic hepatitis C.This is in contrast with the notion that HLA class I–…

… only in the context of HLA class I antigens. To test whether this … chronic hepatitis B virus
infection, we studied the expression of HLA class I antigens in livers from 35 patients with chronic …

… for viral persistence and chronic liver disease in Egyptian … HLA Class I antigens were
associated with chronic HCV infection in this study. The associations between HLA Class I antigens …

… B e antigen (anti-HBe) were assayed in sera from 82 patients with chronic hepatitis B
utilis… The solid-phase was either recombinant hepatitis B core antigen (rHBcAg) or rHBcAg …

… chronic stimulation may promote the expression by CD8 T cells of distinct human leukocyte
antigen class I–… of CD8 T cells with such receptors in chronic hepatitis C patients. NKR CD8 T …

… hepatitis, at the time of onset of hepatitis B virus replication and before the development of
immunity to hepatitis … This is followed by an increase in the display of HLA class I, but not class …

… chronic hepatitis, including recognition of various causes of the syndrome of chronic hepatitis:
viral hepatitis … formation of hepatitis B e antigen in patients with chronic hepatitis B infection…

… Class I antigens in serum (serumHLA Class I, s-HLA Class I) and we measured sHLA Class
I antigens in patients with chronic hepatitis (CH) as well as in those with chronic hepatitis …

… distribution of HLA class II alleles in patients with chronic hepatitis C using a low-resolution
PCR-sequence-specific primer (SSP) method to assess whether MHC class II alleles were …