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Effect of immune checkpoint molecules on the function of natural killer cells in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection

DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-5256.2023.08.025
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    The First Clinical Medical College of Gansu University of Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou 730000, China

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    Department of Gastroenterology, The 940 Hospital of Joint Logistic Support Force of PLA, Lanzhou 730050, China

  • 3.

    Department of Gastroenterology, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Lanzhou 730030, China

Research funding:

Gansu Clinical Medical Research Center for Non-infectious Liver Diseases (21JR7RA017);

Project of Excellent Youth Team Training for the Central Universities (31920220065);

The Top Project of The 940 Hospital (2021yxky02)

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  • Corresponding author: ZHENG Xiaofeng, zhengxf19892013@126.com (ORCID: 0009-0002-9660-1224); ZHANG Jiucong, zhangjiucong@163.com (ORCID: 0000-0003-4006-3033)
  • Received Date: 2022-11-01
  • Accepted Date: 2022-12-18
  • Published Date: 2023-08-20
    Abstract
  • At present, the mechanism of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has not been fully clarified, and HBV can cause immune cell dysfunction, immune imbalance and functional defects in the host, which might be one of the mechanisms of chronic HBV infection. In chronic HBV infection, the functions of natural killer (NK) cells are depleted, which may be associated with the upregulated expression of immune checkpoint molecules on the surface of NK cells, and blocking immune checkpoint molecules can restore the function of NK cells. This article systematically reviews the etiology of HBV, the mechanism of chronic HBV infection, and the effect of common immune checkpoint molecules on functions of NK cells in chronic hepatitis B, so as to provide new ideas for the treatment of chronic HBV infection.

     

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