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Virus-Specific CD4+ T Cells Have Functional and Phenotypic Characteristics of Follicular T-Helper Cells in Patients With Acute and Chronic HCV Infections.
Gastroenterology - 1 Mar 2016
Raziorrouh Bijan, Sacher Kathrin, Tawar Rajiv G, Emmerich Florian, Neumann-Haefelin Christoph, Baumert Thomas F, Thimme Robert, Boettler Tobias
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Follicular T-helper (Tfh) cells contribute to pathogen-specific antibody responses by providing maturation signals to B cells. In mice with viral infections, virus-specific Tfh cells expand and are required to contain the infection. However, less is known about human virus-specific Tfh cells or their functions during infection. We investigated whether virus-specific CD4+ T cells from patients...
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