Abstract: Objective To explore the immune state of patients with hepatitis B virus related acute-on-chronic
liver failure (HBV-ACLF) and the relationship with prognosis. Methods Total of 72 patients with HBV-
ACLF from January 2014 to December 2014 in our hospital were enrolled as the observation group (HBV-
ACLF group) and divided into recover group (38 cases) and deterioration group (34 cases) according to the
prognosis. While 72 patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) were enrolled as the control group (CHB group).
The immune indexes such as immunoglobulin (Ig), complement (C) and T-lymphocyte subsets were tested
and analyzed, respectively. Results Compared with control group, HBV-ACLF group had higher levels of
aspartate transaminase (AST), total bilirubin (TBil) and Fibroscan value, and fewer cases accepted antiviral
treatment. The levels of IgG and IgA in observation group were (19.96 ± 6.13) g/L and (3.19 ± 1.27) g/L,
respectively, which were much higher than those in control group (F = 12.13, 12.85; P = 0.001). The levels
of C3, C4, CD3 + T cell and CD4 + T cell were (0.38 ± 0.26) g/L, (0.07 ± 0.06) g/L, (908.72 ± 376.33) cell/μl and
(428.97 ± 1183.36) cell/μl, respectively, which were much lower than those in control group (F = 46.33, 24.62,
16.27 and 3.60; P < 0.05). Male patients and complications in deterioration group were more than those
in recover group (χ 2 = 8.05, 3.99; P = 0.005, 0.046). No cases accepted antiviral treatment in deterioration
group, the levels of ALT and AST were significantly higher (F = 4.69, 5.43; P = 0.04, 0.03) and the levels of
C3 was significantly lower than those in recover group [(0.24 ± 0.07) g/L vs (0.51 ± 0.34) g/L, F = 12.14, P =
0.001]. The immune index C3 had some relationship with disease deterioration according to Logistic analysis.
Conclusions Patients with HBV-ALCF have autoimmune disorders including high-level immunoglobulin,
low-level complement and T cell loss, and the declined level of C3 may have a certain relationship with
disease deterioration.
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