Preservation of Intrahepatic Hepatitis C Virus (HCV)–Specific CD4⁺T Cell Responses despite Global Loss of CD4⁺T Cells in HCV/HIV Coinfection

Abstract

Despite decreases in peripheral blood HCV-specific CD4(+) T cell responses and intrahepatic CD4(+) T cell percentages, intrahepatic HCV-specific CD4(+) IFN- gamma responses were preserved in HCV/HIV coinfection.