There is accumulating evidence suggesting that hepatic permeability to both naive and
activated T lymphocytes may be unique among the solid organs. The possibility that the liver …

Approximately 5% of the world's human population have an increased risk for developing
liver cancer and cirrhosis as a direct consequence of chronic infection with the hepatitis B …

It is generally accepted that naive T cells recirculate via the blood and lymph, but do not
enter nonlymphoid tissues without prior activation and differentiation. In this study, we …

Management of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infected patients involves serological diagnosis,
quantitation of HBV–DNA and measurement of HBV drug resistance. Different serological …

Abstract Background and Aims: The aim was to determine the role of T‐helper (Th) 1/Th2
cytokine responses in the clinical outcome of patients with acute liver injury. Methods: The …

Abstract Background and Aim: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is endemic in several
developing countries. Clinical manifestations of this infection vary widely from asymptomatic …

We had previously reported the cloning of the complete genome of an isolate of hepatitis C
virus (HCV), HCV-S1, of genotype 1b. We have constructed a full-length complementary …

To test whether (HCV) persistence is related to interferon (IFN) hyporesponsiveness,
peripheral blood monuclear cells from 29 patients and 11 controls were studied for MxA …

Background. In end‐stage renal disease patients with hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg),
the risk of hepatic dysfunction after immunosuppression represents a large barrier in renal …

We previously showed that IFNγ signal transduction was suppressed by ethanol in
recombinant HepG2 cells (VL‐17A cells), which express alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and …