title: [Antinuclear antibody (anti-HBc) and liver pathology in acute and chronic virus B hepatitis].
abstract: HBsAg and anti-HBc, the antibody to core antigen of hepatitis B virion, were titrated by solid phase radioimmunoassay in 40 sera of HBsAg carriers with acute and chronic hepatitis and in 20 healthy subjects carrying anti-HBc alone or associated with anti-HBs. No correlation was found between HBsAg and anti-HBc titers in the single category of patients. In contrast, geometric mean titer of anti-HBc (ranging from 2(14) to 2(15)) of patients with chronic active hepatitis was significantly higher ( p = < 0.01) than that of patients with acute or chronic persistent hepatitis and healthy HBsAg carriers (ranging from 2(9) to 2(14)). Anti-HBc titer of 20 subjects without detectable HBsAg was less than 2(7). These data suggest that in subjects with persistent B virus infection, anti-HBc response is correlated with synthesis of viral genome rather than of surface antigens, so that a much higher titer of anti-HBc was detected only in patients with a more active liver disease.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000276:immunology*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000276:immunology*; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D006512:Hepatitis B Core Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
chemical_list: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies; D006512:Hepatitis B Core Antigens; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
vernacular_title: L'anticorpo antinucleare (anti-HBc) e patologia acuta e cronica del fegato da virus B dell'epatite.