ANTIBODY-PRODUCTION AGAINST HEPATITIS-C VIRUS CORE AND NONSTRUCTURAL-3 PROTEINS IS HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO DEFICITS IN T-CELL FUNCTION

Authors
ANDO Y SONNERBORG A BARKHOLT L BIRKETT A ERICZON BG SALLBERG M
Citation
Y. Ando et al., ANTIBODY-PRODUCTION AGAINST HEPATITIS-C VIRUS CORE AND NONSTRUCTURAL-3 PROTEINS IS HIGHLY SENSITIVE TO DEFICITS IN T-CELL FUNCTION, Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology, 4(1), 1997, pp. 104-106
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,"Infectious Diseases","Medical Laboratory Technology",Microbiology
Journal title
Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology → ACNP
ISSN journal
1071412X
Volume
4
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
104 - 106
Database
ISI
SICI code
1071-412X(1997)4:1<104:AAHVCA>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The influence of suppression of CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells on the humor al responses to hepatitis C virus (HCV) core and nonstructural 3 prote ins was studied. An increasing viral burden cannot substitute for the lack of functional T cells in maintaining humoral HCV-specific respons es.