Patients with chronic hepatitis C have circulating cytotoxic T cells which recognize hepatitis C virus-encoded peptides binding to HLA-A2.1 molecules.

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Published in J Virol on April 01, 1995

Authors

M Battegay1, J Fikes, A M Di Bisceglie, P A Wentworth, A Sette, E Celis, W M Ching, A Grakoui, C M Rice, K Kurokohchi

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1: Liver Diseases Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland.

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