A Potential Inhibitory Profile of Liver CD68⁺ Cells during HCV Infection as Observed by an Increased CD80 and PD-L1 but Not CD86 Expression

• Elias A. Said ,

  * E-mail: elias.said@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box: 35, Code: 123, Muscat, Oman

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• Iman Al-Reesi,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box: 35, Code: 123, Muscat, Oman

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• Marwa Al-Riyami,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box: 35, Code: 123, Muscat, Oman

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• Khalid Al-Naamani,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, Armed Forces Hospital, Muscat, Oman

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• Shadia Al-Sinawi,

  Affiliation Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box: 35, Code: 123, Muscat, Oman

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• Mohammed S. Al-Balushi,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box: 35, Code: 123, Muscat, Oman

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• Crystal Y. Koh,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box: 35, Code: 123, Muscat, Oman

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• Juma Z. Al-Busaidi,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box: 35, Code: 123, Muscat, Oman

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• Mohamed A. Idris,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box: 35, Code: 123, Muscat, Oman

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• Ali A. Al-Jabri

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box: 35, Code: 123, Muscat, Oman

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