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ArticleJournal of virology2014

Lack of significant elevation of myeloid-derived suppressor cells in peripheral blood of chronically hepatitis C virus-infected individuals.

Julia Nonnenmann, Renate Stirner, Julia Roider, Maria C Jung, Kathrin Schrödl, Johannes R Bogner, Rika Draenert

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Article in Journal of virology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Julia NonnenmannMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der LMU, Munich, Germany.
Renate StirnerMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der LMU, Munich, Germany.
Julia RoiderMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der LMU, Munich, Germany.
Maria C JungLeberzentrum Prof. Dr. Jung und Dr. Fischer, Munich, Germany.
Kathrin SchrödlMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der LMU, Munich, Germany.
Johannes R BognerMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der LMU, Munich, Germany.
Rika DraenertMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, Klinikum der LMU, Munich, Germany rika.draenert@med.uni-muenchen.de.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) are immature myeloid cells with immunosuppressive function. Compared to the level in healthy controls (HC), no elevation of MDSC in chronic hepatitis C (cHEP-C) patients was found, and there was no difference in MDSC based on genotype or viral load (P > 0.25). Moreover, MDSC of cHEP-C patients inhibited CD8 T cell function as efficiently as MDSC of HC did. Since we detected neither quantitative nor qualitative differences in MDSC of cHEP-C patients relative to those of HC, we postulate that MDSC in peripheral blood are most likely not significant regarding immune dysfunction in cHEP-C.

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Antigen PresentationCase-Control StudiesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesFemaleFlow CytometryHepacivirusHepatitis C, ChronicHumansImmunophenotypingLymphocyte ActivationMaleMyeloid CellsViral Load

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PMID24741087
PMCPMC4054423

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