Role of hepatitis B virus infection in pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy

Table 1 Detection results of HBV infection markers in sera and HBAg and HBV DNA in renal tissues in 8 cases of IgA nephropathy

Case	Age	Sex	Course	Serum HBVmarkers				HBcAb	Renal HBAg				Renal HBV DNA
				HBAg		HBAb			T		G		ISH		Southern blot
				HBsAg	HBeAg	HBsAb	HBeAb		HBsAg	HBcAg	HBsAg	HBcAg	T	G
1	30	F	4a	+	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
2	32	M	8m	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+
3	35	M	2a	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+
4	38	M	13a	+	-	-	+	+	-	+	-	+	+	+	+
5	35	F	5a	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	-	+	-	-
6	36	F	7m	+	-	-	-	+	+	-	+	+	+	+	+
7	32	M	2m	-	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-	+	-	-
8	26	M	6a	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	+	+	+

F, female. M, male. d, day. m, month. a, year. T, tubules. G, glomeruli. ISH, in situ hybridization. +, positive. -, negative.