Ribavirin enhancement of hepatitis C virus core antigen-specific type 1 T helper cell response correlates with the increased IL-12 level

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 791-798

  Fang, Shih Hua ^a,d   Hwang, Lih Hwa ^c   Chen, Ding Shinn ^c   Chiang, Bor Luen ^a,b,c  

^a Graduate Institute of Microbiology   (Taiwan)

^b Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; IL 12; Ribavirin; Type 1 T helper cell

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ISOLATION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HEPATITIS C; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL;

EID: 0033764610     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(00)80312-8     Document Type: Article

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