Enhanced peripheral γδT cells cytotoxicity potential in patients with HBV-associated acute-on-chronic liver failure might contribute to the disease progression

Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 877-885

  Chen, Min ^a   Hu, Peng ^a   Peng, Hui ^a   Zeng, Weiqun ^a   Shi, Xiaofeng ^a   Lei, Yu ^a   Hu, Huaidong ^a   Zhang, Dazhi ^a   Ren, Hong ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Tcells; Chronic hepatitis B; HBV associated acute on chronic liver failure; Inflammatory cytokine

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CD45RO ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANZYME B; INTERLEUKIN 17; IONOMYCIN; LYSOSOME ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE ON CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAMMA DELTA T LYMPHOCYTE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; GRANZYMES; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-17; IONOMYCIN; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LYSOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863986206     PISSN: 02719142     EISSN: 15732592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10875-012-9678-z     Document Type: Article

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