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Cellular Immune Responses to Hepatitis Viruses: Summary of a Specialty Session

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Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease

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The cellular immune response to hepatitis virus has been considered to be a pathogenetic mechanism of hepatitis. For hepatitis A, B, and C, evidence about the involvement of cellular immunity was presented in this session. In these investigations, characterization of antigen epitopes and the close relationship between viral antigens and HLA molecules, as well as the nature of effector cells and the preferential usage of T cell repertoires were revealed. The significance of such immunological evidence in the pathogenesis of viral hepatitis was discussed.

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  1. First Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama-shi, Okayama, 700, Japan

    Dr. Takao Tsuji

  2. The Scripps Clinic Research Institute, La Jolla, Calif., USA

    Francis V. Chisari

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  1. Japanese Red Cross, Tokyo, Japan

    K. Nishioka M.D. (Chairman of 1993 ISVHLD) (Chairman of 1993 ISVHLD)

  2. Yamanashi Medical College, Yamanashi, Japan

    H. Suzuki (Vice Chairman of 1993 ISVHLD) (Vice Chairman of 1993 ISVHLD)

  3. Institute of Immunology, Tokyo, Japan

    S. Mishiro (Committee Member of 1993 ISVHLD) (Committee Member of 1993 ISVHLD)

  4. Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan

    T. Oda (Honorary Chairman of 1993 ISVHLD) (Honorary Chairman of 1993 ISVHLD)

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Tsuji, T., Chisari, F.V. (1994). Cellular Immune Responses to Hepatitis Viruses: Summary of a Specialty Session. In: Nishioka, K., Suzuki, H., Mishiro, S., Oda, T. (eds) Viral Hepatitis and Liver Disease. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68255-4_40

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68255-4_40

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