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LOW-DOSE INTERLEUKIN-2 INDUCES SYSTEMIC IMMUNE RESPONSES AGAINST HBsAg IN IMMUNODEFICIENT NON-RESPONDERS TO HEPATITIS B VACCINATION

Karl-hermann Meyer Zum BüschenfeldeHubert DumannS. MeuerHans Köhler

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AdultMaleViral Hepatitis VaccinesInterleukin 2HBsAgHepatitis B vaccinePilot ProjectsImmunoenzyme TechniquesImmune systemAntigenmedicineHumansHepatitis B VaccinesAgedUremiaHepatitis B Surface Antigensbiologybusiness.industryImmunologic Deficiency SyndromesReceptors Interleukin-2General MedicineMiddle AgedHepatitis Bmedicine.diseaseVirologyVaccinationAntibody FormationImmunologybiology.proteinInterleukin-2FemaleAntibodybusinessmedicine.drug

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Abstract A metabolic monocyte defect appears to correlate with non-responsiveness to hepatitis B vaccine in many patients on haemodialysis. This defect prevents production of interleukin-2 during T-cell activation after antigen contact. Receptors for interleukin-2 are, however, expressed in greater numbers than in healthy subjects or uraemic responders to hepatitis B vaccination. In this study, ten uraemic patients, previous non-responders to vaccination against hepatitis B, were revaccinated with the same vaccine combined with one intramuscular injection (2·5 × 10 5 U) of natural human interleukin-2. Systemic production of antibodies against hepatitis B surface antigen was initiated in those immunodeficient patients whose cellular interleukin-2 receptor levels were found to be enhanced.

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1989-01-07The Lancet
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(89)91674-7