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The current approved drugs for chronic HBV management include pegylated interferons and nucleoside analogs but these have limited efficacies and some adverse side effects. There is an urgent need to find safer and more effective antivirals for chronic HBV management. This study aimed to evaluate the \n                        in vitro immunostimulatory properties of the aqueous and ethanolic leaf extracts of the plants \n                        Moringa oleifera and \n                        Phyllanthus niruri on human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from chronic HBV-infected persons yet to commence therapy and HBV-negative persons.\n                \n                \n                    Methods\n                    Plant extracts were freeze-dried and stock solutions prepared for phytochemical analysis. Extracts were used to stimulate cultured PBMCs from HBV-infected and HBV-negative persons and the levels of selected cytokines in culture supernatants measured by a multiplexed Luminex assay. The MTT assay was used to assess extract cytotoxicity.\n                \n                \n                    Results\n                    Aqueous and ethanol extracts of both plants were not cytotoxic but rather increased cell metabolic activity. The extracts induced the release of IL-6, IL-1\u03b2, IFN-\u03b3, IL-10, TNF-\u03b1 and IFN-\u03b1 in PBMCs from both healthy individuals and chronic HBV patients, but cytokine levels were in most instances significantly higher in PBMCs from healthy individuals compared to HBV infected persons and may be related to the reduced immune responsiveness associated with chronic HBV infection. The reduced responsiveness of immune cells from chronic HBV-infected persons to stimulation may explain viral persistence and development of the chronic state. 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