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Liver-infiltrating lymphocytes in end-stage hepatitis C virus: subsets, activation status, and chemokine receptor phenotypes.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Jan 2003
Boisvert Judie, Kunkel Eric J, Campbell James J, Keeffe Emmet B, Butcher Eugene C, Greenberg Harry B
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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a leading cause of chronic liver disease, yet little is known about the intrahepatic immune response in end-stage patients. Chemokines and their receptors are important regulators of immunity, particularly in the migration and localization of circulating leukocytes within peripheral tissues. AIMS: This report provides a comprehensive comparison of the chemokine receptor and...
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