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Cytokines induced during chronic hepatitis B virus infection promote a pathway for NK cell–mediated liver damage
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes chronic infection in more than 350 million people worldwide. It replicates in hepatocytes but is non-cytopathic; liver damage is thought to be immune mediated. Here, we investigated the role of innate immune responses in mediating liver damage in patients with chronic...
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The Rockefeller University Press
2007
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2137916/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17353365 http://dx.doi.org/10.1084/jem.20061287 |