Synergistic reversal of intrahepatic HCV-specific CD8 T cell exhaustion by combined PD-1/CTLA-4 blockade.
Viral persistence is associated with hierarchical antiviral CD8 T cell exhaustion with increased programmed death-1 (PD-1) expression. In HCV persistence, HCV-specific CD8 T cells from the liver (the site of viral replication) display increased PD-1 expression and a profound functional impairment th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-02-01
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Series: | PLoS Pathogens |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2642724?pdf=render |