Open AccessChronic hepatitis B serum promotes apoptotic damage in human renal tubular cells
Author(s) -
Chao Deng
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v12.i11.1752
Subject(s) - hepatitis b virus , apoptosis , pathogenesis , hepatitis b , kidney , immunology , hepatitis , microbiology and biotechnology , glomerulonephritis , medicine , virus , biology , virology , biochemistry
To investigate the effect of the serum of patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) on apoptosis of renal tubular epithelial cells in vitro and to study the role of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and transforming growth factor-beta (1) (TGF-beta (1)) in the pathogenesis of hepatitis B virus associated glomerulonephritis (HBV-GN).