Sex Differences in Spontaneous Degranulation Activity of Intrahepatic Natural Killer Cells during Chronic Hepatitis B: Association with Estradiol Levels

• Glavni autori: Zuzana Macek Jilkova (Autor), Thomas Decaens (Autor), Alice Marlu (Autor), Hélène Marche (Autor), Evelyne Jouvin-Marche (Autor), Patrice N. Marche (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Hindawi Limited, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Major sex differences are observed in the prevalence, intensity, and severity of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Here, we investigated degranulation activity of circulating and intrahepatic natural killer (NK) cells from HBV and HCV chronically infected patients before any treatment (n=125). The...