HCV epitope, homologous to multiple human protein sequences, induces a regulatory T cell response in infected patients

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 48-55

  Losikoff, Phyllis T ^a   Mishra, Sasmita ^a   Terry, Frances ^b   Gutierrez, Andres ^c   Ardito, Matt T ^b   Fast, Loren ^a,c   Nevola, Martha ^a   Martin, William D ^b   Bailey Kellogg, Chris ^d   De Groot, Anne S ^b,c   Gregory, Stephen H ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EpiVax Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; PROTEOME; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PERSISTENT INFECTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRUS LOAD; CHRONIC HEPATITIS C; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MALE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84918509182     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: 16000641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2014.08.026     Document Type: Article

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