Immunological significance of cytotoxic T lymphocyte epitope variants in patients chronically infected by the hepatitis C virus

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2376-2385

  Chang, Kyong Mi ^a   Rehermann, Barbara ^b   McHutchison, John G ^a   Pasquinelli, Claudio ^a   Southwood, Scott ^c   Sette, Alessandro ^c   Chisari, Francis V ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c CYTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

CTL escape; Cytotoxic T lymphocytes; Hepatitis C virus; HLA binding; Viral persistence

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; MALE; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030671121     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119778     Document Type: Article

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