title: [Preliminary study on determination of specific cellular immunity of patients with hepatitis B].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To evaluate an enzyme linked immunospot (ELISPOT) method for testing the specific cellular immunity of patients with hepatitis B and preliminarily investigate into the difference of cellular immunity in patients with various types of hepatitis B.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patients with acute hepatitis B, chronic hepatitis B liver cirrhosis, healthy persons with HBV vaccine immunization, healthy persons with past HBV infection and HBV naive persons were enrolled in this study. Their peripheral blood mononuclear cells were tested by ELISPOT to determine the number of gamma-interferon secreting cells.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The number of gamma-interferon secreting cells was significantly different between the patients with acute hepatitis B and those with chronic hepatitis B, and between the patients with acute hepatitis B and those with liver cirrhosis (P=0.0209 and P=0.0211).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The specific cellular immunity in the patients with hepatitis B could be evaluated by determining the number of gamma-interferon secreting cells with the method of testing their peripheral blood mononuclear cells by ELISPOT. The specific cellular immunity was stronger in the patients with acute hepatitis B than in those with chronic hepatitis B and liver cirrhosis.
authors.affiliation: The No. 302 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100039, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Shao-jie
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Xin
authors.forename: Hong-hui
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Jian-yang
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Pan-yong
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Mao
mesh_terms: D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000276:immunology*; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000097:blood; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D007371:Interferon-gamma