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Mathematical models of e-antigen mediated immune tolerance and activation following prenatal HBV infection.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Ciupe Stanca M, Hews Sarah
Abstract excerpt
We develop mathematical models for the role of hepatitis B e-antigen in creating immunological tolerance during hepatitis B virus infection and propose mechanisms for hepatitis B e-antigen clearance, subsequent emergence of a potent cellular immune response, and the effect of these on liver damage. We investigate the dynamics of virus-immune cells interactions, and derive parameter regimes that allow for viral...
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