Foxp3+ regulatory T cells protect the liver from immune damage and compromise virus control during acute experimental hepatitis B virus infection in mice

Hepatology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 873-883

  Stross, Leonhard ^a   Günther, Johannes ^a   Gasteiger, Georg ^a,f   Asen, Theresa ^a   Graf, Stefanie ^a   Aichler, Michaela ^a   Esposito, Irene ^a   Busch, Dirk H ^c,e   Knolle, Percy ^b,e   Sparwasser, Tim ^d   Protzer, Ulrike ^a,e  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF INFECTION IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e German Center for Infection Research   (Germany)

^f HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; CYTOKINE; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DENDRITIC CELL; EFFECTOR CELL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER CELL; LIVER PROTECTION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MACROPHAGE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; T CELL DEPLETION; VIRAL CLEARANCE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HEPATITIS B; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84865531623     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.25765     Document Type: Article

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