Regulatory T cells contribute to the impaired immune response in patients with chronic hepatitis B virus infection

Hepatology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 771-778

  Stoop, Jeroen N ^a   Van Der Molen, Renate G ^a   Baan, Carla C ^a   Van Der Laan, Luc J W ^a   Kuipers, Ernst J ^a   Kusters, Johannes G ^a   Janssen, Harry L A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45RO ANTIGEN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EFFECTOR CELL; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL DIVISION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 16244385911     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.20649     Document Type: Article

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