JOURNAL OF PRACTICAL HEPATOLOGY ›› 2016, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (4): 493-496.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2016.04.032

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Immuno-therapy for chronic hepatitis B

Qiao Yan, Xu Dongping, Li Jin   

  1. Clinical Medical School,Guilin Medical College, Guilin 541004,Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,China
  • Received:2015-10-20 Online:2016-07-30 Published:2016-08-31

Abstract: There are two categories of antiviral agents that have been commonly used in treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis B,e.g. interferons and nucleos(t)ide analogues. Most patients fail to obtain eradication of HBV even receiving a long-term treatment. Disease control and viral clearance depend on the host’s immune responses,which is closely associated with specific-immunity,especially cellular immunity. Strategies of immunotherapies to boost or restore the virus-specific immune response of patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection have been proposed for curing persistent infections. Currently,researches on immunotherapies focused on Toll-like receptors(TLR) agonists,negative immunomodulatory molecules of cytotoxic T lymphocyte(CTL),CTL agonists,therapeutic vaccinations,specific T cell receptor(TCR) transgenic technology,chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T)cells,small molecule,etc. This review summarizes the recent progress in the above researches.

Key words: Chronic hepatitis B, Immune therapy, Progress