Decreased Peripheral Natural Killer Cells Activity in the Immune Activated Stage of Chronic Hepatitis B

Yuan Li; Jiu-Jun Wang; Shan Gao; Qian Liu; Jia Bai; Xue-Qi Zhao; You-Hua Hao; Hong-Hui Ding; Fan Zhu; Dong-Liang Yang; Xi-Ping Zhao

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0086927

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Decreased Peripheral Natural Killer Cells Activity in the Immune Activated Stage of Chronic Hepatitis B

Yuan Li,

Current address: Department of Liver Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, P. R. China

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China
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Jiu-Jun Wang,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China
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Shan Gao,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China
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Qian Liu,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China
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Jia Bai,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China
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Xue-Qi Zhao,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China
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You-Hua Hao,

Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China
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Hong-Hui Ding,

Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China
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Fan Zhu,

Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China
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Dong-Liang Yang,

Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China
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Xi-Ping Zhao

* E-mail: xpzhao@tjh.tjmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China
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Decreased Peripheral Natural Killer Cells Activity in the Immune Activated Stage of Chronic Hepatitis B

Yuan Li,
Jiu-Jun Wang,
Shan Gao,
Qian Liu,
Jia Bai,
Xue-Qi Zhao,
You-Hua Hao,
Hong-Hui Ding,
Fan Zhu,
Dong-Liang Yang

Published: February 10, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086927

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