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Isolation of human monoclonal antibodies to the envelope e2 protein of hepatitis C virus and their characterization.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Shimizu Yohko K, Hijikata Minako, Oshima Masamichi, Shimizu Kazufumi, Alter Harvey J, Purcell Robert H, Yoshikura Hiroshi, Hotta Hak
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We isolated and characterized two human monoclonal antibodies to the envelope E2 protein of hepatitis C virus (HCV). Lymphoblastoid cell lines stably producing antibodies were obtained by immortalizing peripheral blood mononuclear cells of a patient with chronic hepatitis C using Epstein-Barr virus. Screening for antibody-positive clones was carried out by immunofluorescence with Huh7 cells expressing the E2...
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