Increased proportion of the CD56bright NK cell subset in patients chronically infected with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) receiving interferon-a and ribavirin therapy

Natural killer (NK) cells are implicated in the regulation of a protective immune response in patients chronically infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), but effects of interferon-a/ribavirin therapy on NK cell subsets and the consequences of viral clearance during therapy remain unclear. Samples we...

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Main Authors: Lee, S., Watson, M., Flexman, J., Cheng, W., Hammond, T., Price, Patricia
Format: Journal Article
Published: WILEY-LISS 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14714