Abundant numbers of regulatory T cells localize to the liver of chronic hepatitis C infected patients and limit the extent of fibrosis

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-321

  Claassen, Mark A A ^a   de Knegt, Robert J ^a   Tilanus, Hugo W ^a   Janssen, Harry L A ^a   Boonstra, André ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; FoxP3; Hepatitis C virus; Liver; Regulatory T cell; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CD45RO ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR7; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; HLA DR ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE SURFACE MARKER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 77249118149     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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