title: A study of erythrocyte C3b receptors (E-CR1) in patients with acute viral hepatitis.
abstract: Erythrocyte C3b receptors (E-CR1) were assayed by ELISA in 16 patients with acute viral hepatitis. In 13 patients with hepatitis type A, type B, or type non-A non-B, the E-CR1 level was significantly lower in the acute phase than in healthy controls, and recovered in the convalescent phase. The E-CR1 levels in 3 patients with non-A, non-B hepatitis remained below the mean level of the healthy controls. These findings suggest that the E-CR1 level fluctuates in acute viral hepatitis, and that it continues to be reduced in some patients with non-A non-B acute hepatitis.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Muraoka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hino
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ide
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanikawa
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000276:immunology; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000276:immunology; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017463:Receptors, Complement 3b / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D017463:Receptors, Complement 3b