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Comment
. 2006 Jul;55(7):914-6.
doi: 10.1136/gut.2005.087304.

Cellular immune responses against persistent hepatitis C virus: gone but not forgotten

P Klenerman  1 , N Semmo
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Cellular immune responses against persistent hepatitis C virus: gone but not forgotten

P Klenerman et al. Gut. 2006 Jul.

Abstract

Failure to sustain antiviral T cell responses is a hallmark of persistent hepatitis C virus infection. Early loss of T cell proliferative capacity after acute disease appears to be an important component of this process. T cell function may, however, be restored in vitro with interleukin 2

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