## Abstract Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from 25 patients with chronic hepatitis B were tested for the presence of free monomeric hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA migrating as a single 3.2 Kb band by Southern blot analysis. The PBMC were cultured for 7 days in the presence of phytohemagglut
Interleukin 6 production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection and primary biliary cirrhosis
β Scribed by Kakumu, Shinichi ;Shinagawa, Tadashi ;Ishikawa, Tetsuya ;Yoshioka, Kentaro ;Wakita, Takaji ;Ida, Nobuo
- Book ID
- 110680223
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 567 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0435-1339
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