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Stem Cell-Derived Viral Ag-Specific T Lymphocytes Suppress HBV Replication in Mice
Published on: September 25, 2019
Tissue-resident T cells in hepatitis B: A new target for cure?
Fabian J Bolte1, Barbara Rehermann1
1National Institute for Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Abstract:
A hallmark of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the functional impairment and depletion of antiviral T cells. In this issue of JEM, Pallett et al. (https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20162115) identify a reservoir of functional HBV-specific T cells among liver-resident T cells.
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