Mechanism of T cell hyporesponsiveness to HBcAg is associated with regulatory T cells in chronic hepatitis B

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 27, 2006, Pages 4310-4317

  Kondo, Yasuteru ^a   Kobayashi, Koju ^b   Ueno, Yoshiyuki ^a   Shiina, Masaaki ^c   Niitsuma, Hirofumi ^a   Kanno, Noriatsu ^a   Kobayashi, Tomoo ^d   Shimosegawa, Tooru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d Furukawa City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

FOXP3; Hepatitis B virus; IL 10; Regulatory T cells; TH1

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL STIMULATION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 33746881783     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i27.4310     Document Type: Article

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