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PD-1 expression on CTL may be related to more severe liver damage in CHB patients with HBV genotype C than in those with genotype B infection.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Apr 2013
Xibing G, Xiaojuan Y, Juanhua W
Abstract excerpt
Compared with Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) patients infected with genotype B, those infected with genotype C have higher hepatic histopathological activity and higher level of alanine aminotransferase (ALT). Our previous studies suggest that this phenomenon is related to lower level of HBV specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) of patients infected with genotype C than those infected with genotype B, but its...
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