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Serum HBsAg and HBeAg levels are associated with liver pathological stages in the immune clearance phase of hepatitis B virus chronic infection

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    • Da‑Wu Zeng
    • Yu‑Rui Liu
    • Jing Dong
    • Yue‑Yong Zhu
    • You‑Bing Li
    • Jing Chen
    • Qi Zheng
    • Jia‑Ji Jiang
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    Affiliations: Liver Center, First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350005, P.R. China
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    Published online on: January 16, 2015
       https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2015.3207
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The association between hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis B 'e' antigen (HBeAg) levels and liver inflammation and fibrosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) in the immune clearance (IC) remains elusive. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether HBsAg and HBeAg levels were associated with liver inflammation and fibrosis in CHB patients during the IC phase. Kendall's rank correlation analysis and receiver operating characteristic curves were used to determine the correlation between HBsAg, HBeAg and liver pathological stages. Multivariate analysis by forward logistic regression was used to analyze significant predictors of cirrhosis. A liver pathology‑predicting model (IC model), which used routinely assessed markers in combination with HBsAg and HBeAg levels, was constructed. There were significantly positive correlations between the HBsAg and HBeAg levels (γ=0.317, P<0.001), and between the HBsAg and HBV‑DNA levels (γ=0.489, P<0.001). However, there was no correlation between the HBsAg and alanine aminotransferase levels. HBsAg and HBeAg levels differed significantly at various liver pathological stages and declined progressively in advanced liver pathological stages. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that age, HBsAg and HBeAg levels as well as the international normalized ratio (INR) were independent predictors of liver fibrosis during the IC phase. The IC model had a specificity and sensitivity of 88.64 and 78.24%, respectively, a positive predictive value of 48.15% and negative predictive value of 96.79%. In conclusion, HBsAg and HBeAg levels were negatively and indirectly correlated with liver inflammation and fibrosis in CHB patients in the IC phase. The IC model reliably predicted the probability of liver cirrhosis.
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Zeng DW, Liu YR, Dong J, Zhu YY, Li YB, Chen J, Zheng Q and Jiang JJ: Serum HBsAg and HBeAg levels are associated with liver pathological stages in the immune clearance phase of hepatitis B virus chronic infection. Mol Med Rep 11: 3465-3472, 2015.
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Zeng, D., Liu, Y., Dong, J., Zhu, Y., Li, Y., Chen, J. ... Jiang, J. (2015). Serum HBsAg and HBeAg levels are associated with liver pathological stages in the immune clearance phase of hepatitis B virus chronic infection. Molecular Medicine Reports, 11, 3465-3472. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2015.3207
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Zeng, D., Liu, Y., Dong, J., Zhu, Y., Li, Y., Chen, J., Zheng, Q., Jiang, J."Serum HBsAg and HBeAg levels are associated with liver pathological stages in the immune clearance phase of hepatitis B virus chronic infection". Molecular Medicine Reports 11.5 (2015): 3465-3472.
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Zeng, D., Liu, Y., Dong, J., Zhu, Y., Li, Y., Chen, J., Zheng, Q., Jiang, J."Serum HBsAg and HBeAg levels are associated with liver pathological stages in the immune clearance phase of hepatitis B virus chronic infection". Molecular Medicine Reports 11, no. 5 (2015): 3465-3472. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2015.3207
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Zeng DW, Liu YR, Dong J, Zhu YY, Li YB, Chen J, Zheng Q and Jiang JJ: Serum HBsAg and HBeAg levels are associated with liver pathological stages in the immune clearance phase of hepatitis B virus chronic infection. Mol Med Rep 11: 3465-3472, 2015.
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Zeng, D., Liu, Y., Dong, J., Zhu, Y., Li, Y., Chen, J. ... Jiang, J. (2015). Serum HBsAg and HBeAg levels are associated with liver pathological stages in the immune clearance phase of hepatitis B virus chronic infection. Molecular Medicine Reports, 11, 3465-3472. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2015.3207
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Zeng, D., Liu, Y., Dong, J., Zhu, Y., Li, Y., Chen, J., Zheng, Q., Jiang, J."Serum HBsAg and HBeAg levels are associated with liver pathological stages in the immune clearance phase of hepatitis B virus chronic infection". Molecular Medicine Reports 11.5 (2015): 3465-3472.
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Zeng, D., Liu, Y., Dong, J., Zhu, Y., Li, Y., Chen, J., Zheng, Q., Jiang, J."Serum HBsAg and HBeAg levels are associated with liver pathological stages in the immune clearance phase of hepatitis B virus chronic infection". Molecular Medicine Reports 11, no. 5 (2015): 3465-3472. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2015.3207
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