Chronic hepatitis C virus infection irreversibly impacts human natural killer cell repertoire diversity
Natural killer (NK) cells are important immune cells for mediating antiviral immunity. Here the authors show that chronic hepatitis C virus infection in human can imprint lasting functional phenotypes in NK cells to increase their inter-individual but decrease intra-individual diversity.
Main Authors: | Benedikt Strunz, Julia Hengst, Katja Deterding, Michael P. Manns, Markus Cornberg, Hans-Gustaf Ljunggren, Heiner Wedemeyer, Niklas K. Björkström |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2018-06-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04685-9 |
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