CTLA‑4 interferes with the HBV‑specific T cell immune response (Review)
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- Hui Cao
- Ruiwen Zhang
- Wei Zhang
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Affiliations: Department of Liver Diseases, Longhua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200030, P.R. China, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy, Amarillo, TX 79106, USA - Published online on: May 17, 2018 https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2018.3688
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Copyright: © Cao et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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