Functional measurement of hepatitis C virus core-specific CD8+ T-cell responses in the livers or peripheral blood of patients by using autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cells as targets or stimulators

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3895-3901

  Fang, S H ^a   Chiang, B L ^a   Wu, M H ^a   Iba, H ^a   Lai, M Y ^a   Yang, P M ^a   Chen, D S ^a   Hwang, L H ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA ANTIGEN; RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VIRUS GENE;

AUTOANTIGENS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; GENETIC VECTORS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIVER; RETROVIRIDAE; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VESICULAR STOMATITIS-INDIANA VIRUS; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0034753193     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.11.3895-3901.2001     Document Type: Article

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