Journal of Practical Hepatology ›› 2022, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (3): 327-330.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2022.03.006

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Short-term observation of entecavir and magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate in treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis B

Huang Junrong, Wu Changru, Wu Jianlin   

  1. Department of Infectious Diseases,Frst People's Hospital, Fangchenggang 538021, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
  • Received:2021-08-01 Online:2022-05-10 Published:2022-05-17

Abstract: Objective The purpose of this study was to observe the application of entecavir and magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate combination in the treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Methods A total of 98 patients with CHB were enrolled in our hospital between January 2019 and February 2020, and were randomly divided into control (n=49) and observation group (n=49), receiving entecavir or entecavir and magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate combination therapy for 48 weeks. Serum hyaluronan (HA), laminin (LN), type-IV collagen (CIV) and type-III procollagen (PIIIP) levels were detected by radioimmunoassay. Serum interleukin 2 (IL-2), interleukin 4 (IL-4), interleukin 10 (IL-10) and tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) levels were detected by ELISA. The peripheral blood T lymphocyte subsets were detected by flow cytometry. Results At the end of 48 week observation, serum ALT normalization rate in the observation group was 87.8%, significantly higher than 71.4%(P<0.05) in the control; serum ALT and AST levels in the combination group were (32.3±6.9)U/L and (38.3±4.7)U/L, both significantly lower than [(47.5±7.6)U/L and (52.9±5.1)U/L, respectively, P<0.05] in the control; serum HA and PⅢP levels were (90.6±9.5)ng/mL and (141.6±32.6)ng/mL, both significantly lower than [(126.8±14.6)ng/mL and (168.2±29.9)ng/mL, respectively, P<0.05] in the control; serum IL-4 and TNF-α levels were (48.8±7.9)ng/L and (11.3±1.9)ng/L, significantly lower than [(62.6±8.8)ng/L and (18.5±1.7)ng/L, respectively, P<0.05], while serum IL-10 level was (19.2±2.5)ng/L, significantly higher than [(12.7±3.4)ng/L, P<0.05] in the control; the percentage of peripheral blood CD4+ cells and the ratio of CD4+/CD8+ cells were (43.5±5.5)% and (1.6±0.2), both significantly higher than [(38.4±4.7)% and(1.4±0.4), respectively, P<0.05] in the control group. Conclusion The application of entecavir and magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate combination in the treatment of patients with CHB could effectively improve liver function test normal, inhibit the process of liver fibrosis, which might be related to the inhibition of inflammatory reaction and modulation of immune system.

Key words: Hepatitis B, Entecavir, Magnesium isoglycyrrhizinate, Therapy