HCV Infection Enhances Th17 Commitment, Which Could Affect the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Diseases

Yasuteru Kondo; Masashi Ninomiya; Osamu Kimura; Keigo Machida; Ryo Funayama; Takeshi Nagashima; Koju Kobayashi; Eiji Kakazu; Takanobu Kato; Keiko Nakayama; Michael M. C. Lai; Tooru Shimosegawa

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098521

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HCV Infection Enhances Th17 Commitment, Which Could Affect the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Diseases

Yasuteru Kondo ,

* E-mail: yasuteru@ebony.plala.or.jp

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai City, Miyagi, Japan
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Masashi Ninomiya,

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai City, Miyagi, Japan
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Osamu Kimura,

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai City, Miyagi, Japan
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Keigo Machida,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Ryo Funayama,

Affiliation Division of Cell Proliferation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai City, Miyagi, Japan
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Takeshi Nagashima,

Affiliation Division of Cell Proliferation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai City, Miyagi, Japan
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Koju Kobayashi,

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai City, Miyagi, Japan
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Eiji Kakazu,

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai City, Miyagi, Japan
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Takanobu Kato,

Affiliation Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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Keiko Nakayama,

Affiliation Division of Cell Proliferation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai City, Miyagi, Japan
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Michael M. C. Lai,

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Tooru Shimosegawa

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai City, Miyagi, Japan
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HCV Infection Enhances Th17 Commitment, Which Could Affect the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Diseases

Yasuteru Kondo,
Masashi Ninomiya,
Osamu Kimura,
Keigo Machida,
Ryo Funayama,
Takeshi Nagashima,
Koju Kobayashi,
Eiji Kakazu,
Takanobu Kato,
Keiko Nakayama

Published: June 6, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098521

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