Immunomodulatory Effects of Combination Therapy with Bushen Formula plus Entecavir for Chronic Hepatitis B Patients

201912 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Longshan Ji · Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Qiu-Tian Gao · Southington Public School

Ruo-Wen Guo · Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Xin Zhang · Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Zhenhua Zhou · Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Zhuo Yu · Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Xiaojun Zhu

Abstract

In patients with partial virological response to ETV, HBeAg(+) patients tend to achieve ideal effects after the combination therapy with BSF plus ETV, which may correlate with the decrease of Treg frequency and the downregulation of PD-L1 levels on DCs.

Topics & Keywords

Hepatitis B Virus Studies Hepatitis C virus research Drug-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Protection

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Immunology Research

Volume 2019, pp. 1-10

DOI: 10.1155/2019/8983903

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