Open AccessCD27(+)CD56Bright natural killer cells may be involved in spontaneous clearance of acute hepatitis C in HIV-positive patients
Author(s) -
M Eisenhardt,
A Glässner,
F Wolter,
Benjamin Krämer,
P Kokordelis,
Hans Dieter Nischalke,
Christoph Boesecke,
Jürgen K. Rockstroh,
Ulrich Spengler,
Jacob Nattermann
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0000000000000355
Subject(s) - immunology , hepatitis c virus , interferon , replicon , virology , natural killer cell , cell , hepatitis c , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , interleukin 12 , biology , medicine , virus , cytotoxicity , in vitro , cytotoxic t cell , gene , biochemistry , genetics , plasmid
The objective of this study was to analyse the potential role of CD27 in natural killer (NK) cell-mediated control of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in HIV-positive patients.