Molecular signatures of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-induced Type II mixed cryoglobulinemia (MCII)

Viruses

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2924-2944

  Sautto, Giuseppe ^a   Mancini, Nicasio ^a   Clementi, Massimo ^a   Burioni, Roberto ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

B cell non Hodgkin lymphoma (B NHL); Hepatitis C virus (HCV); Type II mixed cryoglobulinemia (MCII); Viral and host factors

Indexed keywords

B LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD81 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C2; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; CORE PROTEIN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

B CELL LYMPHOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOPRECIPITATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN V KAPPA GENE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VH GENE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; VIRAL TROPISM; VIRUS ENTRY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

B-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 84870593101     PISSN: 19994915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v4112924     Document Type: Review

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