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• Flying under the radar: the immunobiology of hepatitis C.

  The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a remarkably successful pathogen, establishing persistent infection in more than two-thirds of those who contract it. I…

  Authors: Lynn B Dustin, Charles M Rice

  Source: Annual review of immunology. 2007

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• Hepatitis C virus-induced cryoglobulinemia.

  In this review we discuss the clinical manifestations, pathogenesis, and treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related cryoglobulinemia. HCV is a major…

  Authors: Edgar D Charles, Lynn B Dustin

  Source: Kidney international. 2009 Oct

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• Clonal expansion of immunoglobulin M+CD27+ B cells in HCV-associated mixed cryoglobulinemia.

  Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is associated with B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders such as mixed cryoglobulinemia (MC) and B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B…

  Authors: Edgar D Charles, Rashidah M Green, Svetlana Marukian, Andrew H Talal, Gerond V Lake-Bakaar, Ira M Jacobson, Charles M Rice, Lynn B Dustin

  Source: Blood. 2008 Feb 1

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• Plasma chemokine levels correlate with the outcome of antiviral therapy in patients with hepatitis C.

  Chronic infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is associated with failures of T-cell-mediated immune clearance and with abnormal B-cell growth and…

  Authors: David Butera, Svetlana Marukian, Amy E Iwamaye, Edgardo Hembrador, Thomas J Chambers, Adrian M Di Bisceglie, Edgar D Charles, Andrew H Talal, Ira M Jacobson, Charles M Rice,…

  Source: Blood. 2005 Aug 15

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• Quasispecies heterogeneity within the E1/E2 region as a pretreatment variable during pegylated interferon therapy of chronic hepatitis C virus infection.

  A series of 29 patients undergoing treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 infection with pegylated alpha-2a interferon plus ribaviri…

  Authors: Thomas J Chambers, Xiaofeng Fan, Deborah A Droll, Edgardo Hembrador, Tiffany Slater, Michael W Nickells, Lynn B Dustin, Adrian M Dibisceglie

  Source: Journal of virology. 2005 Mar

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• Cell culture-produced hepatitis C virus does not infect peripheral blood mononuclear cells.

  Hepatitis C virus (HCV) replicates primarily in the liver, but HCV RNA has been observed in association with other tissues and cells including B and T…

  Authors: Svetlana Marukian, Christopher T Jones, Linda Andrus, Matthew J Evans, Kimberly D Ritola, Edgar D Charles, Charles M Rice, Lynn B Dustin

  Source: Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.). 2008 Dec

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• Interferon (IFN)-gamma-inducible protein-10: association with histological results, viral kinetics, and outcome during treatment with pegylated IFN-alpha 2a and ribavirin for chronic hepatitis C virus infection.

  BACKGROUND: We investigated associations between interferon (IFN)-gamma-inducible protein (IP)-10 and liver histological results, viral kinetic respon…

  Authors: Ana I Romero, Martin Lagging, Johan Westin, Amar P Dhillon, Lynn B Dustin, Jean-Michel Pawlotsky, Avidan U Neumann, Carlo Ferrari, Gabriele Missale, Bart L Haagmans,…

  Source: The Journal of infectious diseases. 2006 Oct 1

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• Reexamining the role of the humoral immune response in control of hepatitis C virus infection.

  Authors: Lynn B Dustin

  Source: Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.). 2004 Sep

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• Accumulation of B lymphocytes with a naive, resting phenotype in a subset of hepatitis C patients.

  Chronic infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is associated with disturbances of B lymphocyte activation and function: autoantibody production, mixed…

  Authors: Jianhua Ni, Edgardo Hembrador, Adrian M Di Bisceglie, Ira M Jacobson, Andrew H Talal, David Butera, Charles M Rice, Thomas J Chambers, Lynn B Dustin

  Source: Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 2003 Mar 15

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