Is a function of the secreted hepatitis B e antigen to induce immunologic tolerance in utero?

Infants born to hepatitis B virus carrier mothers, who express a secreted form of the nucleocapsid antigen designated HBeAg, invariably become persistently infected. To investigate the role of immunologic tolerance mechanisms in chronic infection of the newborn, we have generated HBeAg-expressing tr...

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Main Authors: Milich, D R, Jones, J E, Hughes, J L, Price, J, Raney, A K, McLachlan, A
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1990
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC54584/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2395863
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