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No evidence for abnormal immune activation in peripheral blood T cells in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with or without cryoglobulinaemia. Multivirc Group.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Jul 1998
Cacoub P, Musset L, Hausfater P, Ghillani P, Fabiani F L, Charlotte F, Angevin E, Opolon P, Poynard T, Piette J C, Autran B
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to investigate the peripheral blood lymphocyte (PBL) phenotypes and T cell repertoire in patients with HCV infection, with or without mixed cryoglobulinaemia (MC). The patients were: Group 1, 23 patients with HCV infection and MC; Group 2, 14 patients with HCV infection...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Antigens, CD34
- CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes
- Cryoglobulinemia
- Female
- Hepatitis C
- Humans
- Liver
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets