Liver-derived hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific CD4+ T cells recognize multiple HCV epitopes and produce interferon gamma

Hepatology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 597-603

  Schirren, Carl Albrecht ^a,b   Jung, Maria Christina ^a,b   Gerlach, Joern Tilman ^a,b   Worzfeld, Thomas ^a   Baretton, Gustavo ^b   Mamin, Maxim ^a   Hubert Gruener, Norbert ^b   Houghton, Michael ^c   Pape, Gerd Rudolf ^a,b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE MARKER; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; HELPER CELL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033849629     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2000.9635     Document Type: Article

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