Hepatitis C virus (HCV) replicates in immune cells in both chronic hepatitis C (CHC) and
occult HCV infection, but the extent of virus replication in this compartment in these opposing …

Background & Aims: Infection of the lymphatic system by hepatitis C virus (HCV) appears to
be an intrinsic characteristic of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) and low-level (occult) HCV …

Detection of residual HCV in individuals with SVR after treatment of CHC can be significantly
heightened by analyzing ex vivo mitogen‐activated T and B lymphocytes and applying …

Background/Aim: Since the outcome of hepatitis C infection appears to be correlated with
the immune response to the HCV core protein, the aim of this study was to investigate the T …

Occult hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a new entity that should be considered when
diagnosing patients with abnormal liver functions of unknown origin. This work was carried …

Many determinants of the immune response have been implied in the pathogenesis of
chronic hepatitis C. TH1 and TH2 cytokines play a prominent role in viral infections and a …

An imbalance between T helper cell Th1 and Th2 like cytokines has been described in
several chronic infectious diseases. In an attempt to characterise the mechanism …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) becomes persistent in the majority of infected individuals. In doing
so, the virus evades host adaptive immune responses, although the mechanisms …

BACKGROUND Upregulation of Th1 associated intrahepatic cytokines in chronic hepatitis C
virus (HCV) infection should lead to a significant non-specific cellular immune response, a …

Recent discovery of occult hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection persisting after spontaneous or
antiviral therapy-induced resolution of hepatitis C was made possible by the introduction of …