Neutralization resistance of hepatitis C virus can be overcome by recombinant human monoclonal antibodies

Hepatology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1587-1597

  Pedersen, Jannie ^a,b   Carlsen, Thomas H R ^a,b   Prentoe, Jannick ^a,b   Ramirez, Santseharay ^a,b   Jensen, Tanja B ^a,b   Forns, Xavier ^c   Alter, Harvey ^d   Foung, Steven K H ^e   Law, Mansun ^f   Gottwein, Judith ^a,b   Weis, Nina ^g   Bukh, Jens ^a,b  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVELOPE PROTEIN; HUMAN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATOMA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; UNITED STATES; VIRUS GENOME;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84887017622     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.26524     Document Type: Article

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