Inhibitory Phenotype of HBV-Specific CD4⁺ T-Cells Is Characterized by High PD-1 Expression but Absent Coregulation of Multiple Inhibitory Molecules

• Bijan Raziorrouh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bijan Raziorrouh, Malte Heeg

  * E-mail: Bijan.Raziorrouh@med.uni-muenchen.de

  Affiliation Medical Department II and Institute for Immunology, University of LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

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• Malte Heeg ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bijan Raziorrouh, Malte Heeg

  Affiliations Medical Department II and Institute for Immunology, University of LMU Munich, Munich, Germany, Department of Nephrology/Rheumatology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

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• Peter Kurktschiev,

  Affiliation Medical Department II and Institute for Immunology, University of LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

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• Winfried Schraut,

  Affiliation Medical Department II and Institute for Immunology, University of LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

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• Reinhart Zachoval,

  Affiliation Medical Department II and Institute for Immunology, University of LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

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• Clemens Wendtner,

  Affiliation Medical Department, Klinikum München-Schwabing, Munich, Germany

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• Martin Wächtler,

  Affiliation Medical Department, Klinikum München-Schwabing, Munich, Germany

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• Michael Spannagl,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Immunogenetics/Molecular Diagnostics, University of LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

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• Gerald Denk,

  Affiliation Medical Department II and Institute for Immunology, University of LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

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• Axel Ulsenheimer,

  Affiliation Medical Department II and Institute for Immunology, University of LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

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• Bertram Bengsch,

  Affiliation Medical Department II, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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• Hanspeter Pircher,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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• Helmut M. Diepolder,

  Affiliation Medical Department II and Institute for Immunology, University of LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

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• Norbert H. Grüner,

  Affiliation Medical Department II and Institute for Immunology, University of LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

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• Maria-Christina Jung

  Affiliation Leberzentrum, Munich, Germany

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