Hepatitis C virus core protein induces an anergic state characterized by decreased interleukin-2 production and perturbation of mitogen-activated protein kinase responses

Journal of Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 2230-2239

  Sundström, Sara ^a   Ota, Seisuke ^a   Dimberg, Lina Y ^b   Masucci, Maria G ^a   Bergqvist, Anders ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD28 ANTIGEN; CORE PROTEIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NUCLEAR FACTOR; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CLONAL ANERGY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS CORE;

CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CLONAL ANERGY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; JURKAT CELLS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

ALPHAVIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 13444280343     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.79.4.2230-2239.2005     Document Type: Article

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