Virology
Class-II Immune Responses Instrumental in HBV Recovery
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, May 31st, 1999
Researchers from Baltimore, Maryland's Johns Hopkins School of Medicine found hepatitis B virus (HBV) viral persistence to be associated with two class II alleles.
"Class II molecules present antigens to CD4+ T lymphocytes, which modulate the CD8+ cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) response and are crucial to the production of neutralizing antibodies," Chloe L. Thio and colleagues wrote ("Class II HLA Alleles and Hepatitis B Virus Persistence in African Americans,"...
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