Abstract
To estimate the contribution of autoimmune thrombocytopenia to hepatitis C virus-related liver cirrhosis (type C cirrhosis), we evaluated the influence of splenectomy upon platelet-associated immunoglobulin G (PAIgG) levels and platelet numbers. PAIgG titers and immune markers were determined in 24 type C cirrhotic patients with an intact spleen, 17 type C cirrhotic patients submitted to splenectomy, and 21 non-C cirrhosis with an intact spleen. Thrombocytopenia (PLT < 15 x 10(4)/microL) in type C cirrhosis was diagnosed in all patients with an intact spleen, 8 patients submitted to splenectomy, and in 19 non-C cirrhosis with intact spleen. Elevated titers of PAIgG at more than 25.0 ng/10(7) cells were detected in all cirrhotic patients except for one splenectomized patient. PAIgG titers (ng/10(7) cells) were significantly higher in the type C cirrhosis with an intact spleen (247.9+/-197.0) compared with the splenectomized patients (125.6+/-87.8) or non-C cirrhosis (152.4+/-127.4). PAIgG titers were negatively correlated with platelet counts in type C cirrhotic patients with an intact spleen. In comparison with the type C cirrhosis with an intact spleen, the splenectomized patients had a reduced CD4/CD8 ratio and serum neopteri...Continue Reading
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