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Intrahepatic and peripheral T-cell responses in genotype 1b hepatitis C virus-infected patients with persistently normal and elevated aminotransferase levels.
World journal of gastroenterology - 7 Dec 2005
Akyüz Filiz, Polat Nuray, Kaymakoglu Sabahattin, Aksoy Nevzat, Demir Kadir, Beşişik Fatih, Badur Selim, Cakaloglu Yilmaz, Okten Atilla
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To evaluate whether the cytokine responses in liver and serum differ in chronic hepatitis C patients with normal and high alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels. METHODS: Thirty-three (16 with normal ALT level as group 1 and 17 with elevated ALT level as group 2) patients infected with genotype 1b hepatitis C virus (HCV) were examined. Liver infiltrating lymphomononuclear cells (LILMCs) were isolated from...
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