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Productive replication of hepatitis C virus in perihepatic lymph nodes in vivo: implications of HCV lymphotropism.
Gastroenterology - 1 Apr 2006
Pal Sampa, Sullivan Daniel G, Kim Sean, Lai K Kay-Yin, Kae John, Cotler Scott J, Carithers Robert L, Wood Brent L, Perkins James D, Gretch David R
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: The pathogenesis of chronic hepatitis C is poorly understood. This study examines the ability of hepatitis C virus (HCV) to infect, replicate in, and produce progeny virus from perihepatic lymph nodes in vivo. METHODS: Lymph node (LN) biopsy specimens were taken from 20 patients with HCV genotype 1 infection and end-stage liver disease and 20 noninfected negative controls. Sections were probed...
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