Why do cytotoxic T lymphocytes fail to eliminate hepatitis C virus? Lessons from studies using major histocompatibility complex class I peptide tetramers

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1400, 2000, Pages 1085-1092

  Lechner, F ^a   Sullivan, J ^a   Spiegel, H ^a   Nixon, D F ^a   Ferrari, B ^a   Davis, A ^a   Borkowsky, B ^a   Pollack, H ^a   Barnes, E ^a   Dusheiko, G ^a   Klenerman, P ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CD8; Cytotoxic T lymphocyte; Hepatitis C virus; Immune escape; Tetramer

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0034730053     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0646     Document Type: Article

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