NK cell function and receptor diversity in the context of HCV infection

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects over 170 million people in the world. While a minority of individuals are able to naturally clear this hepatotropic virus using their immune system, most people go on to develop a lifetime chronic infection that can result in severe liver pathology, potentially leadi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clair M Gardiner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
KIR
HCV
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01061/full