Enhanced peripheral T-cell apoptosis in chronic hepatitis C virus infection: Association with liver disease severity

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 774-780

  Toubi, Elias ^a   Kessel, Aharon ^a   Goldstein, Lee ^a   Slobodin, Gleb ^a   Sabo, Edmond ^a   Shmuel, Zehava ^a   Zuckerman, Eli ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Hepatitis C virus; Nuclear factor B; T cell

Indexed keywords

CD40 LIGAND; CRYOGLOBULIN; DEXAMETHASONE; FAS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; PROTEIN BCL 2; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; CD40 LIGAND; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NF-KAPPA B; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0035741969     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(01)00207-0     Document Type: Article

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