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Study on the function of circulating plasmacytoid dendritic cells in the immunoactive phase of patients with chronic genotype B and C HBV infection.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Apr 2007
Wang K, Fan X, Fan Y, Wang B, Han L, Hou Y
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection induces a wide range of chronic liver injury. The mechanism by which HBV evades the immune surveillance system remains obscure. Plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) seem to be the major endogenous interferon (IFN)-alpha producers and represent one of the most important cell types in the regulation of antiviral innate immunity; however, the phenotype and function of pDCs in...
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