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, 2010]. However, the results of the present study should be interpreted with caution due to the limitations of the retrospective cross-sectional design. Measurement of HBV DNA titer has been regarded as the primary approach for monitoring clinical see more course in patients infected with HBV, regardless of treatment. Because HBsAg titer has been reported as one parameter associated with intrahepatic cccDNA titer [Rijckborst et al., 2010; Sonneveld et al., 2010; Chan et al., 2011], and the quantitation of HBsAg titer is cheaper than the test for HBV DNA, an understanding of the association of HBsAg and HBV DNA titers during the natural history of HBV may provide useful and economic information for managing patients infected with HBV. In the present Quetiapine study, HBsAg titer showed a generally high positive correlation with HBV DNA titer. However, the correlations were modest in the immune tolerance, immune clearance and low replicative phases and were absent in the HBeAg-negative hepatitis phase. These results imply that the production mechanism of HBsAg and HBV DNA possesses variable dynamic connections according to phases. This was also supported by the finding that the HBsAg/HBV DNA ratio varies among the four phases and is significantly higher in the low replicative and HBeAg-negative hepatitis phases than in the immune tolerance and immune clearance phases. These dynamic changes in the disconnection between HBsAg and HBV DNA during the natural history might have occurred early (immune clearance phase; high association) and accumulated over time (HBeAg-negative hepatitis phase; no association). The integration of HBV DNA into the host genome may be one of the causes for this phenomenon [Thompson et al., Selleckchem AG-14699 2007]. On the other hand, the associations between HBsAg and HBV DNA in the four phases are varied according to genotypes. No association has been shown in any phase of genotype A patients, modest associations have been reported in the immune clearance, low replicative, and HBeAg-negative hepatitis phases of genotype D patients [Jaroszewicz et al., 2010], and high and weak associations have been reported in the immune clearance and HBeAg-negative hepatitis phases of genotypes B and C, respectively [Nguyen et al., 2010]. The different associations between HBsAg and HBV DNA among genotypes suggest that genotype may be one factor influencing the connection of HBsAg and HBV DNA, and therefore caution is necessary in interpreting the meaning of HBsAg in monitoring patients infected with HBV. For the clinical application of HBsAg titer as a biomarker, extensive analysis of possible compounding clinical factors that may affect HBsAg titer should be performed. However, the associations between clinical parameters and HBsAg titer have not previously been established.