title: [The characteristics of the immune response during the development of hepatitis B against a background of chronic alcoholic liver lesions].
abstract: In two groups of patients with viral hepatitis B (100 patients in each group) the comparative evaluation of immune response was carried out on the basis of the results obtained in the study of the duration of the presence of HBsAg in the blood, the time of the primary appearance of anti-HBsAg antibodies, cell-mediated and humoral immunity characteristics. The study revealed the aggravating influence of alcohol on the outcome of hepatitis B, manifested by the prolonged circulation of HBsAg, decreased antibody formation and T-immunosuppressive deficiency, which was linked with defective immune response in hepatitis B patients with disposition to the excessive use of alcohol.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Tsyrkunov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000917:Antibody Formation / Q000276:immunology; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions / Q000276:immunology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005235:Fatty Liver, Alcoholic / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000276:immunology*; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000276:immunology; D008108:Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens
vernacular_title: Osobennosti immunnogo otveta pri razvitii gepatita B na fone khronicheskikh alkogol'nykh porazheniĭ pecheni.