Clearance of hepatitis C in chimpanzees is associated with intrahepatic T-cell perforin expression during the late acute phase

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 245-253

  Watanabe, H ^a,b   Wells, F ^a   Major, M E ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Immune responses; Intrahepatic; Perforin; T cells; Viral clearance

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; PERFORIN;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATITIS C; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; APE DISEASES; APOPTOSIS; BIOPSY; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERFORIN; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 77950245052     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2009.01172.x     Document Type: Article

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