Antibodies to glutaraldehyde-polymerized human albumin (anti-pHSA) in viral hepatitis

Dig Dis Sci. 1989 Sep;34(9):1443-8. doi: 10.1007/BF01538083.

Abstract

The antibody to polymerized human albumin (anti-pHSA) was studied in normal subjects and in the course of infection from hepatitis A virus, hepatitis B virus, and hepatitis non-A, non-B virus. Results show that anti-pHSA antibody was never found in normal subjects, but it appeared during virus liver pathologies. The behavior of anti-pHSA differs in acute type A hepatitis that does not change to chronic form and in those forms which tend to become chronic (B and nonA, nonB). In the type-A infection anti-pHSA disappears after the acute phase; in the other two forms it persists all along as the infection develops. Specifically in non-A, non-B infection only the IgM type anti-pHSA is produced.

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Antibodies / analysis*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Female
  • Hepatitis, Viral, Human / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / analysis
  • Immunoglobulin M / analysis
  • Male
  • Serum Albumin / immunology*
  • Serum Albumin, Human

Substances

  • Antibodies
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunoglobulin M
  • Serum Albumin
  • polyalbumin
  • Serum Albumin, Human