Broad Specificity of Virus-Specific CD4+ T-Helper-Cell Responses in Resolved Hepatitis C Virus Infection

CL Day, GM Lauer, GK Robbins, B McGovern… - Journal of …, 2002 - Am Soc Microbiol
Vigorous virus-specific CD4+ T-helper-cell responses are associated with successful control
of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and other human viral infections, but the breadth and specificity of …

Broad repertoire of the CD4+ Th cell response in spontaneously controlled hepatitis C virus infection includes dominant and highly promiscuous epitopes

J Schulze zur Wiesch, GM Lauer, CL Day… - The Journal of …, 2005 - journals.aai.org
A vigorous hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific Th cell response is regarded as essential to the
immunological control of HCV viremia. The aim of this study was to comprehensively define …

Differences in HCV‐specific T cell responses between chronic HCV infection and HIV/HCV co‐infection

V Dutoit, D Ciuffreda, D Comte… - European journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Hepatitis C virus (HCV)‐specific CD4+ and CD8+ T cell responses were investigated using
a panel of 728 overlapping peptides spanning the whole HCV genome in 47 HCV mono …

Comprehensive Analysis of CD8+-T-Cell Responses against Hepatitis C Virus Reveals Multiple Unpredicted Specificities

GM Lauer, K Ouchi, RT Chung, TN Nguyen… - Journal of …, 2002 - Am Soc Microbiol
The hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific CD8+-T-cell response is thought to play a critical role in
HCV infection. Studies of these responses have largely relied on the analysis of a small …

Differential CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell responsiveness in hepatitis C virus infection

KM Chang, R Thimme, JJ Melpolder, D Oldach… - Hepatology, 2001 - Elsevier
This study was performed to compare the vigor and phenotype of virus-specific CD4+ and
CD8+ T-cell responses in patients with different virologic and clinical outcomes after …

Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)-Specific CD8+ Cells Produce Transforming Growth Factor β That Can Suppress HCV-Specific T-Cell Responses

N Alatrakchi, CS Graham, HJJ Van Der Vliet… - Journal of …, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific T-cell responses are rarely detected in peripheral blood,
especially in the presence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection. Based on …

Liver-derived hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific CD4+ T cells recognize multiple HCV epitopes and produce interferon gamma

CA Schirren, MC Jung, JT Gerlach, T Worzfeld… - Hepatology, 2000 - Elsevier
Abstract Virus-specific CD4+ T-cell response at the site of inflammation is believed to play a
decisive role for the course of viral disease. In hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, the majority …

Sustained Dysfunction of Antiviral CD8+ T Lymphocytes after Infection with Hepatitis C Virus

NH Gruener, F Lechner, MC Jung, H Diepolder… - Journal of …, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) sets up persistent infection in the majority of those exposed. It is
likely that, as with other persistent viral infections, the efficacy of T-lymphocyte responses …

HCV-specific T cell responses during and after chronic HCV infection

H Luxenburger, C Neumann-Haefelin, R Thimme… - Viruses, 2018 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-specific T cell responses are closely linked to the clinical course of
infection. While T cell responses in self-limiting infection are typically broad and multi …

Impaired effector function of hepatitis C virus-specific CD8+ T cells in chronic hepatitis C virus infection

H Wedemeyer, XS He, M Nascimbeni… - The Journal of …, 2002 - journals.aai.org
The cellular immune response contributes to clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and
persists for decades after recovery from infection. The immunological basis for the …