Journal of Hepatology
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 183-190 , February 2010

Hepatitis C virions subvert natural killer cell activation to generate a cytokine environment permissive for infection

  • Stefania Crotta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Microbial Molecular Biology, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, via Fiorentina 1, 53100 Siena, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Division of Immunoregulation, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, NW7 1AA London, UK. Tel.: +44 02089593666x2260.
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  • Michela Brazzoli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, via Fiorentina 1, 53100 Siena, Italy
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  • Diego Piccioli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, via Fiorentina 1, 53100 Siena, Italy
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  • Nicholas M. Valiante

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, 45 Sidney Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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  • Andreas Wack

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, via Fiorentina 1, 53100 Siena, Italy
    • Present address: Division of Immunoregulation, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, NW7 1AA London, UK.

Received 15 July 2009 ,Revised 15 September 2009 ,Accepted 26 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2009.11.003

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 52, Issue 2 , Pages 183-190 , February 2010

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