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BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2018 Jul 6;18(1):292. doi: 10.1186/s12884-018-1932-9.
Comparison of hepatitis B viral loads and viral antigen levels in child-bearing age women with and without pregnancy.
Xu C1, Liu J2, Liu L3, Bi Y2, Xu B4, Chen J5, Xu B3, Chen T1, Hu Y5, Zhou YH6,7.
Author information
1
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Zhenjiang Fourth People's Hospital, Zhenjiang, 212001, Jiangsu, China.
2
Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Nanjing University Medical School, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, China.
3
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Taixing People's Hospital, Taixing, 225400, Jiangsu, China.
4
Department of Biostatistics, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, China.
5
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, China.
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Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital and Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Nanjing University Medical School, 321 Zhongshan Road, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, China. [email protected].
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Department of Infectious Diseases, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210008, Jiangsu, China. [email protected].
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Pregnancy is a unique physiological condition with the cellular immune functions compromised at some extents to allow the mature of growing fetus. Whether pregnancy may influence the replication of hepatitis B virus (HBV) is less studied. The present study aimed to investigate the influence of pregnancy on the replication of HBV and expression of viral antigens by comparing the levels of HBV DNA and viral antigens in pregnant and non-pregnant women.
METHODS:
A total of 727 HBsAg-positive serum samples, collected from 214 pregnant women and 513 non-pregnant women of childbearing age, were included. Based on the pregnancy status, subjects were divided into four groups: nulliparous (n = 158), pregnant (n = 214), 7-12 months postpartum (n = 170), and 2-5 years postpartum (n = 185). The levels of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) were quantitatively measured with microparticle enzyme immunoassay. HBV DNA levels were detected by fluorescent real-time PCR.
RESULTS:
The median ages of four groups were 25.0, 25.3, 26.2 and 29.3 years, respectively (p < 0.01). HBeAg-positive proportions were 34.2, 33.6, 35.3 and 29.2%, respectively (p = 0.624). HBV DNA levels in HBeAg-positive women were higher than those in HBeAg-negative women (7.88 vs 2.62 log IU/ml, p < 0.001). HBV DNA levels in the four groups with positive HBeAg were 7.8, 7.7, 8.0 and 8.0 log IU/ml, respectively (p = 0.057), while HBsAg titers were 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 and 4.8 log IU/ml (p = 0.086) and HBeAg titers were 3.1, 3.0, 3.1 and 3.0 log S/CO (p = 0.198). In the four groups with negative HBeAg, HBV DNA levels were 2.3, 2.6, 2.5 and 2.8 log IU/ml, respectively (p = 0.085), while HBsAg titers were 3.1, 3.3, 3.3 and 3.0 log IU/ml (p = 0.06).
CONCLUSIONS:
Serum levels of HBV DNA and viral antigens showed no significant changes in nulliparous, pregnant, and postpartum women, regardless of the HBeAg status. The results indicate that pregnancy has little influence on the replication of HBV and the expression of viral antigens.
KEYWORDS:
Expression of HBsAg and HBeAg; HBV replication; Pregnancy
PMID:
29980185
DOI:
10.1186/s12884-018-1932-9 |
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