Coexpression of PD-1, 2B4, CD160 and KLRG1 on exhausted HCV-specific CD8+ T cells is linked to antigen recognition and T cell differentiation

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Bengsch, Bertram ^a   Seigel, Bianca ^a   Ruhl, Marianne ^b   Timm, Jörg ^b   Kuntz, Martin ^a   Blum, Hubert E ^a   Pircher, Hanspeter ^a   Thimme, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD127; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; NATURAL KILLER CELL LECTIN LIKE RECEPTOR; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN 2B4; PROTEIN CD160; PROTEIN KLRG1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; CD160 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CD244 PROTEIN, HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; KLRG1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LECTIN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; PDCD1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; T CELL DEPLETION; T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

ANTIGENS, CD; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LECTINS, C-TYPE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 77954674575     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000947     Document Type: Article

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