Association of hepatitis C virus-specific CD8+ T cells with viral clearance in acute hepatitis C

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 181, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1528-1536

  Grüner, Norbert H ^a,e   Gerlach, Tilman J ^a,b   Jung, Maria Christina ^a,b   Diepolder, Helmut M ^a,b   Schirren, Carl Albrecht ^b   Schraut, Winfried W ^a   Hoffmann, Robert ^b   Zachoval, Reinhart ^b   Santantonio, Teresa ^c   Cucchiarini, M ^d   Cerny, Andreas ^d   Pape, Gerd R ^a,b  

^a Institute for Immunology   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e Institute for Immunology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERFERON INDUCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0034129951     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/315450     Document Type: Article

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