Cross-reactivity of hepatitis C virus specific vaccine-induced T cells at immunodominant epitopes

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 309-316

  Kelly, Christabel ^a   Swadling, Leo ^a   Brown, Anthony ^a   Capone, Stefania ^b   Folgori, Antonella ^b   Salio, Mariolina ^c   Klenerman, Paul ^a,d   Barnes, Eleanor ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Okairos ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NIHR OXFORD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Epitopes; Hepatitis C virus; T cells; Vaccination; Variability

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEPATITIS C VACCINE; HEPATITIS VACCINE; NS3 PROTEIN, HEPATITIS C VIRUS; VIRAL PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DONOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; SECRETION (PROCESS); VACCINATION; VIROLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CELL LINE; CROSS REACTIONS; DENDRITIC CELLS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VACCINATION; VIRAL HEPATITIS VACCINES; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84920945715     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201444686     Document Type: Article

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