Hepatitis C virus (HCV) sequence variation induces an HCV-specific T-cell phenotype analogous to spontaneous resolution

Journal of Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1656-1663

  Kasprowicz, Victoria ^a   Kang, Yu Hoi ^b   Lucas, Michaela ^b   Schulze Zur Wiesch, Julian ^a   Kuntzen, Thomas ^a   Fleming, Vicki ^b   Nolan, Brian E ^a   Longworth, Steven ^a   Berical, Andrew ^a   Bengsch, Bertram ^c   Thimme, Robert ^c   Lewis Ximenez, Lia ^d   Allen, Todd M ^a   Kim, Arthur Y ^a   Klenerman, Paul ^b   Lauer, Georg M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIREMIA; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS LOAD;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-7 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 73949109333     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01499-09     Document Type: Note

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