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Objective To analyze the changes of B lymphocyte (B cells) subsets in peripheral blood of patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and to explore its clinical significance. Methods Peripheral blood samples were collected from 37 treatment-naïve CHB patients who were admitted to the Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital from July 2022 to October 2022, and peripheral blood samples collected from 18 healthy individuals who have received the hepatitis B vaccine as healthy controls (HC). The study subjects' clinical indexes such as age, HBV DNA viral load, HBsAg quantification, HBeAg semi quantification, ALT, AST, and AST/ALT ratio were collected. The change characteristics of the frequency, phenotypic and functional markers of peripheral blood B lymphocytes and their subsets were compared between CHB and HC. Using multi-color flow cytometry, and the correlation between them and clinical indexes was analyzed. Results Frequency analysis of each subset of B cells showed that compared with HC, the frequency of total B cells, transitional B cells and naive B cells was decreased (P<0.05), while the frequency of mature B cells, memory B cells, atypical memory B cells and activated memory B cells was increased in CHB patients (P<0.01). And there was no significant difference in the frequency of resting memory B cells between the two groups (P>0.05). The results of functional analysis showed that compared with HC, the expression levels of CD79b on total B cells, mature B cells, memory B cells, naive B cells, activated memory B cells, atypical memory B cells and resting memory B cells in CHB patients were increased (P<0.05). The expression level of programmed cell death protein-1(PD-1) on atypical memory B cells in CHB patients was also higher than that in HC group (P<0.05). The results of correlation analysis showed that the frequency of total B cells in CHB patients was slightly negatively correlated with age (r=-0.39, P<0.05), while the expression of programmed death-1 (PD-1) on total B cells, mature B cells, transitional B cells, memory B cells and naive B cells were slightly positively correlated with age (r>0.36, P<0.05). Conclusions Chronic HBV infection leads to depletion of the frequency and function of a portion of B cells in the peripheral blood of CHB patients, and age is a potential risk factor for the decline in humoral immune function in CHB patients.
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| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
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| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |
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