Increased CD56(bright) NK cells in HIV-HCV co-infection and HCV mono-infection are associated with distinctive alterations of their phenotype

BACKGROUND: HIV-HCV co-infection is associated with accelerated progression to hepatic fibrosis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma than HCV mono-infection. The contribution of innate immunity during HIV-HCV co-infection has been a relatively under-investigated area. Natural killer (NK) cells ar...

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Published in:Virol J
Main Authors: Bhardwaj, Suvercha, Ahmad, Fareed, Wedemeyer, Heiner, Cornberg, Marcus, Schulze zur Wiesch, Julian, van Lunzen, Jan, Sarin, Shiv K., Schmidt, Reinhold E., Meyer-Olson, Dirk
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4835889/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27091211
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12985-016-0507-5
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