Natural killer cells in hepatitis B virus infection

Natural killer cells are a unique type of lymphocytes with cytotoxic capacity, and play important roles against tumors and infections. Recently, natural killer cells have been increasingly valued in their effects in hepatitis B virus infection. Since hepatitis B virus is not cytopathic, the subseque...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shao-fei Wu, Wen-jing Wang, Yue-qiu Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-07-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867015001075