Evaluation of circulating CD4 +CD25 + and liver-infiltrating Foxp3 + cells in HCV-associated liver disease

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 983-988

  Amoroso, Alfredo ^a   D'Amico, Fabio ^b   Consolo, Maria ^b   Skarmoutsou, Evangelia ^b   Neri, Sergio ^b   Dianzani, Umberto ^a   Spandidos, Demetrios A ^c   Mazzarino, Maria Clorinda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Forkhead box protein 3; Hepatitis C; Liver inflammation; Regulatory T cell

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EFFECTOR CELL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTIGENS, CD4; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; IONOMYCIN; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

EID: 84860517145     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2012.947     Document Type: Article

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