T-cell antigenic determinants within hepatitis C virus nonstructural protein 3 and cytokine production profiles in hepatitis C

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 258-264

  Pan, C H ^a   Yang, P M ^a   Hwang, L H ^a   Kao, Shing F ^a   Chen, P J ^a   Chiang, Bor Luen ^a,b   Chen, D S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Hepatitis C virus; T helper cell

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; EPITOPE; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; NS3 ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HELPER CELL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH2 CELL;

EID: 84984545960     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2893.2002.00363.x     Document Type: Article

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