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Successful Interferon-Free Therapy of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection Normalizes Natural Killer Cell Function

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Elisavet Serti, Xenia Chepa-Lotrea, Yun Ju Kim, Meghan Keane, Nancy Fryzek, T. Jake Liang, Marc Ghany, Barbara Rehermann

Chronic hepatitis C virus infection activates an intrahepatic immune response, leading to increased expression of interferon (IFN)-stimulated genes and activation of natural killer (NK) cells—the most prevalent innate immune cell in the liver. We inv… Continue reading →

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