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Increased number of non-invariant NKT cells and low number of circulating CD1-expressing leukocytes in patients infected with hepatitis C virus.
Annales de biologie clinique - 1 Jan 2000
González Luis R, Conesa Angela, Blanca Isaac, Machado Irma, Fernández Saturnino, Pujol Flor H, Toro Félix
Abstract excerpt
Natural killer T (NKT) cells represent an heterogeneous T cell population involved in host immunity against several microorganisms. They also have important immunoregulatory functions. Studies on circulating levels of NKT cells during HCV infection have been focused on the invariant NKT (iNKT) subset which recognizes the non-classical Ag-presenting molecule CD1d, with little information about the non-invariant...
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