Polyfunctional HCV-specific T-cell responses are associated with effective control of HCV replication

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2665-2677

  Ciuffreda, Donatella ^a,b   Comte, Denis ^a   Cavassini, Matthias ^b   Giostra, Emiliano ^c   Bühler, Leo ^d   Perruchoud, Monika ^d   Heim, Markus H ^e   Battegay, Manuel ^e   Genné, Daniel ^f   Mulhaupt, Beat ^g   Malinverni, Raffaele ^h   Oneta, Carl ⁱ   Bernasconi, Enos ^j   Monnat, Martine ^k   Cerny, Andreas ^l   Chuard, Christian ^m   Borovicka, Jan ^l   Mentha, Gilles ^d   Pascual, Manuel ^b   Gonvers, Jean Jacques ^b   Pantaleo, Giuseppe ^a   Dutoit, Valérie ^a   more..

^a Laboratory of AIDS Immunopathogenesis   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c HUG   (Switzerland)

^d Division of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f Hopital de la Chaux de Fonds   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^h Hopital Pourtales Neuchatelois   (Switzerland)

ⁱ Medical Office for Gastroenterology and Hepatology   (Switzerland)

^j Ospedale Civico Lugano   (Switzerland)

^k Centre Saint Martin   (Switzerland)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^m Hopital Cantonal de Fribourg   (Switzerland)

more..

Author keywords

Cytokine production; Human; Proliferation; T cell responses

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-2; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 58149269499     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200838336     Document Type: Article

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