GB virus type C infection polarizes T-cell cytokine gene expression toward a Th1 cytokine profile via NS5A protein expression

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-72

  Rydze, Robert T ^a,b   Xiang, Jinhua ^a   McLinden, James H ^a   Stapleton, Jack T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5A; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL LINE; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SURVIVAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; DOWN-REGULATION; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GB VIRUS C; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; UP-REGULATION; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84857999729     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis312     Document Type: Article

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