Hepatitis C Virus Antigen Cellular Response to HLA Class 1 Allele

ISBN-13: 9783847330608 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 80 str.

Chinmaya Mahapatra

Opis

Clinical and virological outcomes are variable following acute infection with HCV. Chronic infection is characterized by attenuated and narrowly focused CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell responses in conjunction with reduced proliferative, cytokine, and cytolytic capacity of HCV-specific T cells and loss of antigen recognition. Conversely, CD4 and CD8 T-cell responses are maintained in individuals who clear the virus. Therefore, effective T-cell-dependent immune responses to HCV-specific viral epitopes, restricted by the presence of host human leukocyte antigens (HLA) class I (CD8 cytotoxic T cells [CTL]) and class II (CD4 helper T cells), appear to make an important contribution to adaptive immunity and disease outcome.

O autorze

I am currently a PhD student with fellowship from DBT and woring in the field of Tissue Engineering in Dept. of Biotechnology & Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela ,India. I have completed my Master in M.Tech Biotechnology from Dr.D.Y Patil University,Pune, India with my final year research from NIV ,Pune ,India.