Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is characterized by a weak immune response to HBV. Regulatory T cells (T(reg)) can suppress the function of effector T cells and may thus be key players in this impaired immune response. Changes in the functionality or number of T(reg) could explain the decr
Restoration in vitro of impaired T-cell responses in patients with chronic hepatitis B by autologous dendritic cells loaded with hepatitis B virus proteins (R2)
β Scribed by Xue-Zhang Duan; Hong-Xia He; Hui Zhuang
- Book ID
- 108950745
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 157 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0815-9319
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