Functions of liver natural killer cells are dependent on the severity of liver inflammation and fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C.

During chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, the role of intra-hepatic (IH) natural killer (NK) cells is still controversial. To clarify their functions, we investigated anti-viral and cytotoxic activity of NK cells in human fresh liver biopsies. We compared the functions of IH-NK cells in HCV-...

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Published in:PLoS ONE
Main Authors: Emilie Fugier, Hélène Marche, Marie-Ange Thélu, Zuzana Macek Jílková, Nicolas Van Campenhout, Tania Dufeu-Duchesne, Vincent Leroy, Jean-Pierre Zarski, Nathalie Sturm, Patrice N Marche, Evelyne Jouvin-Marche
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0095614&type=printable

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