Journal
IMMUNE NETWORK
Volume 15, Issue 4, Pages 191-198Publisher
KOREA ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4110/in.2015.15.4.191
Keywords
Hepatitis B Virus; Pathogenesis; Immune response
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is responsible for approximately 350 million chronic infections worldwide and is a leading cause of broad-spectrum liver diseases such as hepatitis, cirrhosis and liver cancer. Although it has been well established that adaptive immunity plays a critical role in viral clearance, the pathogenetic mechanisms that cause liver damage during acute and chronic HBV infection remain largely known. This review describes our current knowledge of the immune-mediated pathogenesis of HBV infection and the role of immune cells in the liver injury during hepatitis B.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available