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Toll-like receptors and cytokines/cytokine receptors polymorphisms associate with non-response to hepatitis B vaccine.
Vaccine - 17 Jan 2011
Chen Jie, Liang Zhenglun, Lu Fengmin, Fang Xin, Liu Shuang, Zeng Ying, Zhu Fengcai, Chen Xiangmei, Shen Tao, Li Jie, Zhuang Hui
Abstract excerpt
It is well documented that 5-10% hepatitis B adult vaccinees are non- and hypo-responders and probably are not adequately protected against hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. The sequence variations of genes involved in processes such as pathogen recognition, antigen processing and presentation, and differentiation/maturation of lymphocytes may affect the duration and intensity of protective humoral immune...
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