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CD8+ T-Cell Exhaustion Phenotype in Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection Is Associated With Epitope Sequence Variation.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2022
Osuch Sylwia, Laskus Tomasz, Perlejewski Karol, Berak Hanna, Bukowska-Ośko Iwona, Pollak Agnieszka, Zielenkiewicz Magdalena, Radkowski Marek, Caraballo Cortés Kamila
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Background and Aims: During chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, CD8+ T-cells become functionally exhausted, undergoing progressive phenotypic changes, i.e., overexpression of "inhibitory" molecules such as PD-1 (programmed cell death protein 1) and/or Tim-3 (T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain-containing molecule-3). The extreme intrahost genetic diversity of HCV is a major mechanism of immune system...
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