Impairment of natural killer (NK) cytotoxic activity in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 451-457

  Corado, J ^a   Toro, F ^a   Rivera, H ^a   Bianco, N E ^a   Deibis, L ^a   De Sanctis, J B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b Central University of Venezuela Miami Campus   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Hepatitis C virus; IL 2; Infection; Lymphokine activated killer cells; Natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2;

ADHERENT CELL; ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOKINE ACTIVATED KILLER CELL; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030867688     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1997.4581355.x     Document Type: Article

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