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Dimpu Gogoi1, Biswajyoti Borkakoty1, Dipankar Biswas1
1Virology Section, Regional Medical Research Centre , ICMR-NE Region, Dibrugarh, Assam, India .
Abstract:
In hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, the immune reaction is responsible for viral clearance and preventing their spread within the host. However, the immune system is dysfunctional in patients with chronic HBV infection, leading to an inadequate immune response against the virus. A major factor contributing to inefficient immune function is the phenomenon of immune exhaustion. Hence, understanding immune activation and exhaustion during HBV infection is important, as it would provide insight in developing immunotherapy to control chronic HBV infection. The aim of this review is to highlight the existing information on immune effector functions and immune exhaustion in response to HBV infection.
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