GB Virus Type C-Driven Protection in HIV/HCV Coinfection: Possible Role of Interferon Gamma and Dendritic Cell Activation

Gastroenterology

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1631-1633

  Martini, Federico ^a   Sacchi, Alessandra ^a   Lalle, Eleonora ^a   Castilletti, Concetta ^a   D'Offizi, Gianpiero ^a   Abbate, Isabella ^a   Capobianchi, Maria Rosaria ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MESSENGER RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE COURSE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIREMIA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 42949149154     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.03.070     Document Type: Letter

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