| Literature DB >> 25972537 |
Alexander Hoh1, Maximilian Heeg2, Yi Ni3, Anita Schuch4, Benedikt Binder2, Nadine Hennecke2, Hubert E Blum2, Michael Nassal2, Ulrike Protzer5, Maike Hofmann2, Stephan Urban6, Robert Thimme7.
Abstract
CD8(+) T cells are the main effector lymphocytes in the control of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. However, limitations of model systems, such as low infection rates, restrict mechanistic studies of HBV-specific CD8(+) T cells. Here, we established a novel immunological cell culture model based on HBV-infected HepG2(hNTCP) cells that endogenously processed viral antigens and presented them to HBV-specific CD8(+) T cells. This induced cytolytic and noncytolytic CD8(+) T-cell effector functions and reduction of viral loads.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25972537 PMCID: PMC4473563 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00605-15
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103