Cytotoxic T lymphocytes recognize an HLA-A2-restricted epitope within the hepatitis B virus nucleocapsid antigen
The absence of readily manipulable experimental systems to study the cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response against hepatitis B virus (HBV) antigens has thus far precluded a definitive demonstration of the role played by this response in the pathogenesis of liver cell injury and viral clearance durin...
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Language: | English |
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The Rockefeller University Press
1991
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2119048/ |