Memory T cells represent the predominant lymphocyte subset in acute and chronic liver inflammation
Riccardo Volpes, Joost J. van den Oord, Valeer J. Desmet – 1 May 1991 – T cells can be divided into two main phenotypic subpopulations–i.e., the CD45RA‐positive (2H4‐positive) “naive” subset and the CD45RO‐positive (UCHL1‐positive) “memory” subset.
Seroepidemiology of hepatitis C virus infection in Taiwan
Shou‐Dong Lee, Cho‐Yu Chan, Yan‐Jenn Wang, Jaw‐Ching Wu, Kwok‐Hung Lai, Yang‐Te Tsai, Kwang‐Juei Lo – 1 May 1991 – The prevalence of antibody to hepatitis C virus among Chinese subjects in Taiwan was evaluated using a commercially available enzyme immunoassay. The overall prevalence of antibody to hepatitis C virus was 0.28% among 1,419 healthy subjects, 0.8% among 500 unselected paid blood donors and 0.4% among 793 pregnant women.
HLA class I antigen expression as a measure of response to antiviral therapy of chronic hepatitis B
Robert G. Paul, Stanford T. Roodman, Carolyn R. Campbell, Carol J. Bodicky, Robert P. Perrillo – 1 May 1991 – HLA class I antigen expression on peripheral blood mononuclear cells was evaluated by flow cytometry in 21 HBeAg‐positive patients with chronic hepatitis B. Measurements were made before, during or after treatment with recombinant interferon‐α‐2b, either given alone or after a 6 wk course of prednisone.
Diet and cimetidine induce comparable changes in theophylline metabolism in normal subjects
Karl E. Anderson, Reneé B. McCleery, Elliot S. Vesell, Florence F. Vickers, Attallah Kappas – 1 May 1991 – This study compared the effects of diet and cimetidine on theophylline metabolism and examined interactions between these effects. Twelve men received a high‐protein diet for 15 days and at another time a high‐carbohydrate diet also for 15 days. Cimetidine, 800 mg daily at bedtime, was administered on days 10 through 15 of each dietary period. Theophylline metabolism was studied after the administration of a single intravenous 3 mg/kg dose on days 8 and 15 of each dietary period.
Is glucuronidation truly preserved in patients with liver disease?
Anastacio M. Hoyumpa, Steven Schenker – 1 April 1991
Advanced therapeutic endoscopy. Edited by J.S. Barkin and C.A. O'Phelan, 365 pp. New York: Raven Press, 1990. $110
Raymond S. Koff, I. David Shocket – 1 April 1991
Recurrence of hepatitis C virus infection after orthotopic liver transplantation
Paul Martin, Santiago J. Muñoz, Adrian M. Di Bisceglie, Raphael Rubin, Jeanne G. Waggoner, Vincent T. Armenti, Michael J. Moritiz, Bruce E. Jarrell, Willis C. Maddrey – 1 April 1991 – Identification of the hepatitis C virus–the main cause of posttransfusion and sporadic non‐A, non‐B hepatitis–and the development of a diagnostic serological test have allowed us to study possible recurrence of this type of hepatitis after liver transplantation. Six of 34 consecutive transplant recipients were found to have had antibodies to hepatitis C before transplantation.