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Human leukocyte antigen class II associations with hepatitis C virus clearance and virus-specific CD4 T cell response among Caucasians and African Americans†

  1. Rebecca A. Harris1,2,3,
  2. Kazushi Sugimoto1,2,
  3. David E. Kaplan1,2,
  4. Fusao Ikeda1,2,
  5. Malek Kamoun4,
  6. Kyong-Mi Chang1,2,‡,*

Article first published online: 7 JUN 2008

DOI: 10.1002/hep.22287

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Hepatology

Hepatology

Volume 48, Issue 1, pages 70–79, July 2008

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Harris, R. A., Sugimoto, K., Kaplan, D. E., Ikeda, F., Kamoun, M. and Chang, K.-M. (2008), Human leukocyte antigen class II associations with hepatitis C virus clearance and virus-specific CD4 T cell response among Caucasians and African Americans. Hepatology, 48: 70–79. doi: 10.1002/hep.22287

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  1. 1

    Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

  2. 2

    Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

  3. 3

    Haverford College, Haverford, PA

  4. 4

    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

  1. ‡

    fax: 215-823-4394.

*Division of Gastroenterology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 600 CRB, 415 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19014

  1. †

    Potential conflict of interest: Nothing to report.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 20 JUN 2008
  2. Article first published online: 7 JUN 2008
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 10 FEB 2008
  4. Manuscript Received: 13 OCT 2007

Funded by

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH). Grant Numbers: AI47519, AA12849
  • Philadelphia VA Medical Research
  • NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Center of Molecular Studies in Digestive and Liver Diseases P30DK50306 and its Molecular Biology and Cell Culture Core Facilities
  • NIH Public Health Service Research Grant. Grant Number: M01-RR00040
  • University of Pennsylvania Summer Undergraduate Scholars Program
  • Howard Hughes Interdisciplinary Scholar Award at Haverford College

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