Fluctuation of the cytokine expression in the liver during the chronic woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV) infection is not related to viral load

Immunology Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-37

  Schildgen, O ^a,b   Fiedler, M ^a   Dahmen, U ^a   Li, J ^a   Lohrengel, B ^a   Lu, M ^a   Roggendorf, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic infection; Cytokines; Hepatitis B virus; Woodchuck hepatitis virus

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 15; LYMPHOCYTE SURFACE MARKER; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS VIRUS; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; RNA ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIREMIA; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; WOODCHUCK;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS, WOODCHUCK; LIVER; MARMOTA; RIBONUCLEASES; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 27744551047     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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