title: [Dynamics of immunological indices in patients with chronic viral hepatitis B and the effect of thymalin therapy].
abstract: The work deals with the results of the study of T-lymphocytes and their subpopulations (active, thermostable, theophylline-sensitive and theophylline-resistant) in 102 children with chronic viral hepatitis B, depending on the effectiveness of thymalin therapy. The sensitization of lymphocytes to specific antigens was studied. Among patients with chronic viral hepatitis B and cirrhosis of the liver the homozygous phenotype of haptoglobin is registered essentially more frequently (63.6% and 82.4% respectively) than among healthy persons (44.0%). The patients of this group showed a decrease in the number of T-lymphocytes, disturbances in the suppressor/helper ratio: hypersuppression in persisting hepatitis and hyposuppression in active hepatitis. In 71.6% of cases thymalin therapy produced an effect manifested by clinico-biochemical remission, an increase in the number of T-lymphocytes, thermostable cells and the normalization of the T-suppressor/T-helper ratio. In these patients sensitization to HBsAg essentially decreased (from 30.5% to 13.9%), while sensitization to human liver lipoprotein retained its high level even after treatment with thymalin.
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006242:Haptoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology*; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D010641:Phenotype; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / Q000276:immunology; D050378:T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / Q000276:immunology; D013951:Thymus Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D006242:Haptoglobins; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D013951:Thymus Hormones; C032805:thymalin
vernacular_title: Dinamika immunologicheskikh pokazateleĭ u bol'nykh khronicheskim virusnym gepatitom B i vliianie timalinoterapii.