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The importance of sCD40 and sCD40L concentration in patients with chronic HCV infection and HIV co-infection.
Przeglad epidemiologiczny - 1 Jan 2014
Lapiński Tadeusz Wojciech, Pogorzelska Joanna, Grzeszczuk Anna, Swiderska Magdalena, Kowalczuk Oksana, Nikliński Jacek, Flisiak Robert
Abstract excerpt
CD40 receptor is activated by ligand CD40L (CD154) which is synthesized in inflammation by NK cells, monocytes and lymphocytes B. TRAF proteins are activated in cells by CD40 stimulation and next they stimulate different enzymatic pathways. High concentrations of CD40L stimulate CD40, and consequently STAT enzyme system inhibits the expression ofnonstructural proteins ofHCV NS3 and NS5A and E2 core in infected...
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