Open AccessDetection of soluble TRAIL in HBV infected patients and its clinical implications
Author(s) -
Lihui Han,
Wei Sun,
Chao Ma,
Lining Zhang,
Suxia Liu,
Qiu Zhang,
Lifen Gao,
You-Hai Chen
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v8.i6.1077
Subject(s) - hepatocellular carcinoma , medicine , cirrhosis , immunology , hepatitis b , hepatitis b virus , immune system , liver cancer , hepatitis , liver disease , gastroenterology , virus
To detect the expression of soluble TRAIL (TNF-related apoptosis inducing ligand, TRAIL) in the peripheral blood of HBV infected patients and try to elucidate whether the expression level of sTRAIL have any correlativity with the clinical staging, the expression level of HBV markers and the degree of liver damage.