Virus-Specific CD4+ T Cells Have Functional and Phenotypic Characteristics of Follicular T-Helper Cells in Patients with Acute and Chronic HCV Infections

Gastroenterology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 696-706.e3

  Raziorrouh, Bijan ^a   Sacher, Kathrin ^b   Tawar, Rajiv G ^c   Emmerich, Florian ^b   Neumann Haefelin, Christoph ^b   Baumert, Thomas F ^c,d   Thimme, Robert ^b   Boettler, Tobias ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Antiviral Response; IL21; Immune Regulation; Viral Hepatitis

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR5; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOPROTEIN E1; GLYCOPROTEIN E2; INDUCIBLE T CELL COSTIMULATOR; INTERLEUKIN 21; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 4; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5; TETANUS TOXOID; TETRAMER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR3; CXCR3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; ICOS PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE HEPATITIS C; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL STIMULATION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS C; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION; VIRAL CLEARANCE; YOUNG ADULT; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; TIME FACTOR; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOMARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INDUCIBLE T-CELL CO-STIMULATOR PROTEIN; INTERLEUKINS; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, CXCR3; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84959246516     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: 15280012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2015.11.005     Document Type: Article

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