Hepatitis B-specific T helper cell responses in uninfected infants born to HBsAg+/HBeAg- mothers

Cellular and Molecular Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 454-458

  Koumbi, Lemonica ^a   Bertoletti, Antonio ^b   Anastasiadou, Vassiliki ^a   MacHaira, Maria ^a   Goh, Winnie ^b   Papadopoulos, Nikolaos G ^a   Kafetzis, Dimitris A ^a   Papaevangelou, Vassiliki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

cytokine; HBcAg; HBV; neonates; PBMC; vaccine

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; MITOGENIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT HEPATITIS B VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; NEWBORN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRION; VIRUS LOAD;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERFERON-GAMMA; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 79851516907     PISSN: 16727681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cmi.2010.34     Document Type: Article

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