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ArticleClinical and experimental medicine2018

Increased BATF expression is associated with the severity of liver damage in patients with chronic hepatitis B.

Li-Yuan Wang, Yu-Chen Fan, Jing Zhao, Xiang-Fen Ji, Kai Wang

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Article in Clinical and experimental medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Li-Yuan WangDepartment of Hepatology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China.
Yu-Chen FanDepartment of Hepatology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China.
Jing ZhaoDepartment of Hepatology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China.
Xiang-Fen JiDepartment of Hepatology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China.
Kai WangDepartment of Hepatology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China. wangdoc876@126.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6297-0147
Qilu Hospital of Shandong University · CNShandong University · CN

Funding

Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology 2013ZX10002001National Natural Science Foundation of China 81171579National Natural Science Foundation of China 81201287Science Foundation of Qilu Hospital of Shandong University 2016QLQN05
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T helper (Th) 17 cells have a critical role in the pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, and basic leucine zipper transcription factor, ATF-like (BATF) is a newly identified transcriptional factor regulating the differentiation of Th17 cells. However, its precise role in patients with chronic hepatitis B remains unclear. Sixty chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients, twenty-two acute-on-chronic hepatitis B liver failure (ACHBLF) patients and seventeen healthy controls were included in our study. Both peripheral and intrahepatic expressions of BATF were analyzed by flow cytometry, quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemical staining. Peripheral BATF mRNA and protein expression levels were higher in CHB patients than those in healthy controls. Particularly in ACHBLF patients, the BATF mRNA and protein levels were further increased over those in CHB patients. Intrahepatic BATF-positive infiltrating cells were enriched in portal area of CHB patients, and more positive cells were found in patients with higher inflammation grade. Peripheral BATF expression was positively correlated with serum parameters of liver injury and plasma HBV DNA load. Furthermore, a positive correlation was found between the frequency of BATF-positive CD3

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Up-RegulationAcute-On-Chronic Liver FailureAdultBasic-Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsCD3 ComplexFemaleHepatitis B, ChronicHumansMaleMiddle AgedSeverity of Illness IndexTh17 CellsT-LymphocytesYoung AdultBasic-Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsBATF protein, humanCD3 ComplexBasic leucine zipper transcription factor, ATF-likeChronic hepatitis BInterleukin-17T helper 17

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