Analysis of the CD8-positive T cell resp
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Yasunari Nakamoto; Shuichi Kaneko; Hisao Takizawa; Yoshikazu Kikumoto; Masaaki T
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Hepatitis C virus (HCV)‐specific CD8^+^ cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) contribute to viral clearance in acute, self‐limited hepatitis C as well as to liver cell injury in the more frequent cases with chronic hepatitis C. Although HLA class I‐peptide tetramers have been used to detect cir