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T cells with a CD4+CD25+ regulatory phenotype suppress in vitro proliferation of virus-specific CD8+ T cells during chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
Journal of virology - 1 Jun 2005
Boettler Tobias, Spangenberg Hans Christian, Neumann-Haefelin Christoph, Panther Elisabeth, Urbani Simonetta, Ferrari Carlo, Blum Hubert E, von Weizsäcker Fritz, Thimme Robert
Abstract excerpt
Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with impaired proliferative, cytokine, and cytotoxic effector functions of HCV-specific CD8(+) T cells that probably contribute significantly to viral persistence. Here, we investigated the potential role of T cells with a CD4(+)CD25(+) regu...
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