Neutralizing antibodies in hepatitis C virus infection

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 36, 2007, Pages 4824-4830

  Zeisel, Mirjam B ^a,b   Fafi Kremer, Samira ^a,b   Fofana, Isabel ^a,b   Barth, Heidi ^d   Stoll Keller, Françoise ^a,b   Doffoël, Michel ^b,c   Baumert, Thomas F ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Neutralizing antibodies; Viral entry; Virus host cell interaction

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION CONTROL; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TARGET ORGANISM; VIRUS ENVELOPE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 34848916113     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i36.4824     Document Type: Review

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