The hepatitis B virus core and e antigens elicit different Th cell subsets: Antigen structure can affect Th cell phenotype

Journal of Virology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 2192-2201

  Milich, David R ^a   Schödel, Florian ^b   Hughes, Janice L ^a   Jones, Joyce E ^a   Peterson, Darrell L ^c  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS E ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2B; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VIRUS NUCLEOCAPSID;

EID: 1842375707     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.71.3.2192-2201.1997     Document Type: Article

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