Innate and adaptive immune responses in chronic hepatitis B virus infections: Towards restoration of immune control of viral infection

Gut

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1754-1764

  Bertoletti, Antonio ^a,b,c   Ferrari, Carlo ^d  

^a AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VIRUS POLYMERASE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS X PROTEIN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; INTERFERON; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR; MITOCHONDRIAL ANTIVIRAL SIGNALLING PROTEIN; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; PROTEIN DDX3; RETINOIC ACID INDUCIBLE PROTEIN I; STAT PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR ADAPTOR MOLECULE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS ENZYME;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN FUNCTION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HELPER CELL; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH17 CELL; TH22 CELL; VIRUS IMMUNITY; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOMODULATION; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84868702241     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-301073     Document Type: Review

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