Mechanism of T cell hyporesponsiveness to HBcAg is associated with regulatory T cells in chronic hepatitis B

Table 1 Summary of clinical characteristics of patients with chronic hepatitis B enrolled in the study

Age			ALT	HBeAg	Anti-HBe	HBV	HBV
Case	(yr)	Gender	(IU/L)	(Cutoff index)	(Inhibition %)	DNA (LGE/mL)	Genotype
1	55	M	78	67	< 0.5	5.8	C
2	36	M	183	100	< 0.5	7.6	ND
3	31	M	50	66.9	< 0.5	7.6	C
4	42	M	141	100	< 0.5	6.8	C
5	27	M	77	75.7	< 0.5	7.6	C
6	42	F	42	93.8	< 0.5	7.0	C
7	32	M	70	< 0.5	100	6.2	C
8	29	M	81	< 0.5	86.9	5.3	C
9	58	M	117	0.7	100	7.3	C

The values for serum levels of ALT, HBeAg, anti-HBe, HBV DNA and HBV genotypes were determined at the time of blood sampling. Abbreviations: M, male; F, female; LGE/mL, log genome equivalent /mL; ND, not determined.