Correlations between cytokines produced by T cells and clinical-virological characteristics in untreated chronic hepatitis B patients

Abstract Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) replicates non-cytopathically in the hepatocytes and HBV-related diseases are caused by immune-mediated inflammatory events. This study aimed to identify the relationship between clinical-virological characteristics and immunity in untreated chronic hepati...

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Main Authors: Yurong Gu, Yifan Lian, Lin Gu, Lubiao Chen, Xiaoyan Li, Liang Zhou, Yanlin Huang, Jialiang Wang, Yuehua Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-019-3853-2