Fas/FasL and Complement Activation are Associated with Chronic Active Epstein-Barr Virus Hepatitis
作者机构：Department of Hepatobiliary MedicineFuzong Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University900TH Hospital of the Joint Logistic Support ForcePLAFuzhouFujianChina Department of Respiratory and Critical Care MedicineThe First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical UniversityChongqingChina
出 版 物：《Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology》 (临床与转化肝病杂志（英文版）)
年 卷 期：2023年第11卷第3期
页 面：540-549页
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学科分类：1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学]
基 金：the Startup Fund for scientific research, Fujian Medical University (Grant Number: 2019QH 1285) the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China (Grant Number: 2021J011263)
主 题：Chronic active EB virus hepatitis Fas/FasL Complement
摘 要：Background and Aims:Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus hepatitis(CAEBVH)is a rare and highly lethal disease char-acterized by hepatitis and *** study aimed to investigate the clinicopathological features and pathogenic mechanisms of ***:Ten patients with con-firmed Epstein-Barr virus hepatitis infection were *** clinicopathological characteristics of these patients were summarized and *** cytometry was utilized to detect peripheral blood immune cell phenotypes and whole exome sequencing was used to explore pathogenic genetic ***,immunohistochemical staining was em-ployed to verify pathogenic ***:Clinical features observed in all Epstein-Barr virus hepatitis patients included fever(7/10),splenomegaly(10/10),hepatomeg-aly(9/10),abnormal liver function(8/10),and CD8+T cell lymphopenia(6/7).Hematoxylin and eosin staining revealed lymphocytic infiltration in the *** Epstein-Barr vi-rus-encoded small RNA in-situ hybridization(EBER-ISH)of lymphocytes of liver tissues was *** exome se-quencing indicated that cytotoxic T lymphocytes and the complement system were *** expression of CD8,Fas,FasL,and Caspase-8 expression as well as apoptotic markers was enhanced in the Epstein-Barr virus hepatitis group relative to the controls(p0.05).Lastly,Complement 1q and complement 3d expression,were higher in CAEBVH patients relative to controls(p0.05).Conclusions:CAE-BVH patients developed fever,hepatosplenomegaly,and *** changes were a diffuse lymphocytic sinusoidal infiltrate with EBER-ISH ***/FasL and complement activation were involved in CAE-BVH patients.
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