Phenotypic Characteristics of PD-1 and CTLA-4 Expression in Symptomatic Acute Hepatitis A

Background/Aims : The immunoregulatory molecules programmed death 1 (PD-1) and cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) are associated with the dysfunction of antiviral effector T-cells, which leads to T-cell exhaustion and persistent viral infection in patients with chronic hepatitis C...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gastroenterology Council for Gut and Liver 2016-03-01
Series:Gut and Liver
Subjects:
Online Access:http://gutnliver.org/journal/view.html?doi=10.5009/gnl14368