Identification of humoral antigenic determinants in the hepatitis C virus NS3 protein

被引:12
作者
Hwang, LH
Yang, PM
Lai, MY
Chiang, BL
Kao, JH
Wang, JT
Lee, SY
Chian, HM
Chi, WK
Chu, YD
Chen, PJ
Chen, DS
机构
[1] NATL TAIWAN UNIV HOSP,HEPATITIS RES CTR,TAIPEI 100,TAIWAN
[2] NATL TAIWAN UNIV HOSP,DEPT INTERNAL MED,TAIPEI 100,TAIWAN
[3] NATL TAIWAN UNIV,COLL MED,GRAD INST CLIN MED,TAIPEI 10764,TAIWAN
[4] NATL TAIWAN UNIV,GRAD INST MICROBIOL,TAIPEI 10764,TAIWAN
[5] DEV CTR BIOTECHNOL,PROC DEV DIV,TAIPEI,TAIWAN
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10.1093/infdis/174.1.173
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
Immunoblot analysis on serum samples from 90 patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection revealed four putative immunogenic regions within the NS3 protein of the virus: E (around aa 1250/1251), A (within aa 1250-1334), A/B (around aa 1323 and 1334), and B/C (around aa 1407 and 1412). Among them, region E was most immunodominant, and region A was recognized much less frequently by patients with cirrhosis than by those with chronic hepatitis (10% vs. 46%, chi(2) = 12.05, P <.01). The results suggest that region A might be a potential prognostic marker to differentiate chronic hepatitis from cirrhosis.
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