Immune responses of liver-infiltrating lymphocytes and peripheral blood mononuclear cells to hepatitis C virus core and NS3 antigens

Hepatology Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 250-255

  Tajimi, Morihiro ^a   Ugajin, Takuhiro ^a   Ota, Masahiro ^a   Hiroishi, Kazumasa ^b   Nakamura, Ikuo ^a   Imawari, Michio ^b  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Enzyme linked immunospot assay; Hepatitis C virus infection; Interferon ; Interleukin 10; Interleukin 4

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 4; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3;

ADULT; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LIVER CELL; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SECRETORY CELL; VIRUS CORE;

EID: 33746511601     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hepres.2006.04.015     Document Type: Article

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