Hepatitis viral infection in Behçet’s disease
- 作者：Akaogi ; Jun ; Yotsuyanagi ; Hiroshi ; Sugata ; Fumihiko ; Matsuda ; Takahide ; Hino ; Kunihiko
- 关键词：Behç ; et’ ; s disease ; Hepatitis virus ; Pathogenesis
- 刊名：Hepatology Research
- 出版年：2000
- 期刊代码：112_13866346
- 类别：med
- 出版时间：May, 2000
- 卷：17
- 期：2
- 页码：126-138
- 文件大小：139 K
摘要
To elucidate the role of hepatitis viruses in the pathogenesis of Behçet’s disease (BD), we measured hepatitis viral markers (anti-hepatitis A (anti-HA), HBsAg, anti-HBs, anti-HBc) and viral nucleic acids (hepatitis B virus (HBV)-DNA, hepatitis C virus (HCV)-RNA, GB virus C (GBV-C)-RNA, TT virus (TTV)-DNA) in the sera of 68 BD patients along with 76 blood donors matched for age and sex. Positivity of anti-HA in patients with BD (36.8%) was lower than that in blood donors (68.0%). Both anti-HCV and HCV-RNA were detected in only one (1.5%) patient with BD and in none of the blood donors. The prevalence ratios of HBsAg, anti-HBs, anti-HBc in both groups were similar (2.9:0, 16.2:15.8 and 17.7:19.7%, respectively). However, serum HBV-DNA was detected more frequently in BD patients (8/68; 11.8%) than in blood donors (2/76; 2.6%) (P<0.05). The prevalence of GBV-C-RNA was also higher in patients with BD (4/68; 5.9%) compared with blood donors (0%). However, characteristics and clinical features are similar between GBV-C-RNA-positive and -negative groups. With respect to the prevalence of TTV-DNA, there was no significant difference between BD patients (23.5%) and blood donors (30.3%). Our study indicates that HBV and GBV-C infection might be related to BD, although the role of these viruses remains to be investigated.