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Multifaceted functions of B cells in chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
Antiviral research - 1 Oct 2003
Mondelli Mario U
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) elicits T- and B-cell responses which are believed to play an important role in infection control. B cells have generally been neglected because they do not seem to significantly influence the course of HCV infection. In this review, B lymphocytes are viewed both as classical antibody producing cells, with the hypervariable region 1 being a biologically relevant target protein and as a...
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