Restored Circulating Invariant NKT Cells Are Associated with Viral Control in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B

Xiaotao Jiang; Mingxia Zhang; Qintao Lai; Xuan Huang; Yongyin Li; Jian Sun; William G.H. Abbott; Shiwu Ma; Jinlin Hou

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028871

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Restored Circulating Invariant NKT Cells Are Associated with Viral Control in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B

Xiaotao Jiang,

Affiliations Institute of Hepatology and Key Lab for Organ Failure Research, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China, Department of Immunology, Basic Medicine School, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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Mingxia Zhang,

Affiliation Institute of Hepatology and Key Lab for Organ Failure Research, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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Qintao Lai,

Affiliation Institute of Hepatology and Key Lab for Organ Failure Research, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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Xuan Huang,

Affiliation Institute of Hepatology and Key Lab for Organ Failure Research, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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Yongyin Li,

Affiliation Institute of Hepatology and Key Lab for Organ Failure Research, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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Jian Sun,

Affiliation Institute of Hepatology and Key Lab for Organ Failure Research, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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William G.H. Abbott,

Affiliations Institute of Hepatology and Key Lab for Organ Failure Research, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China, The New Zealand Liver Transplant Unit, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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Shiwu Ma,

Affiliation Institute of Hepatology and Key Lab for Organ Failure Research, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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Jinlin Hou

* E-mail: jlhousmu@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliation Institute of Hepatology and Key Lab for Organ Failure Research, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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Restored Circulating Invariant NKT Cells Are Associated with Viral Control in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B

Xiaotao Jiang,
Mingxia Zhang,
Qintao Lai,
Xuan Huang,
Yongyin Li,
Jian Sun,
William G.H. Abbott,
Shiwu Ma,
Jinlin Hou

Published: December 16, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028871

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