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Effects of antiviral therapy on the cellular immune response in patients with chronic hepatitis B.
Molecular medicine reports - 1 Feb 2015
Luo Guangcheng, Feng Xia, Huang Yanxiang, Yi Tingting, Wang Dongsheng, Guo Xiaolan, Yan Huiping, Zhang Guoyuan
Abstract excerpt
A weak T‑cell immune response to the hepatitis B virus (HBV) is hypothesized to be the primary cause of chronic HBV infection. Emerging evidence suggests that long‑term effective antiviral therapy restores the HBV‑specific T‑cell response from exhaustion. However, the extent to which the cellular...
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