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Hepatitis C virus E2 envelope protein induces dendritic cell maturation.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Dec 2007
Zhou Y, Lukes Y, Anderson J, Fileta B, Reinhardt B, Sjogren M
Abstract excerpt
Maturation is a critical process for dendritic cells (DC) to gain or enhance their functions in antigen presentation and T-cell activation. In this study, we investigated the effect of hepatitis C virus (HCV) envelope protein E2 on DC maturation and related functions. We show that binding of E2 protein to DC leads to a change from immature to mature phenotype as detected by an increased expression of cell surface...
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